profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ascent Industries
$13.49-0.52% today
+3.1% in 1 year
1-year low $12.121-year high $17.78
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $140.37 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ascent Industries sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $262 million in 2022 to $74.9 million in 2025, with $867,000 of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ascent Industries vs. similar companies
Ascent Industries grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent Industries | 140.4× · Very expensive | ||
 Nucor | 33.7× · Expensive | ||
 ArcelorMittal | 15.8× · Fair price | ||
 JSW Steel | 14.8× · Cheap | ||
 Steel Dynamics | 28.7× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ascent Industries's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | 193 | 81 | 75 | |
| 43 | 2 | 11 | 17 | |
| 16 | -25 | -10 | -7 | |
| 23 | -29 | -6 | -3 | |
| 22 | -27 | -14 | 1 | |
| 2.12 | 2.63 | -1.34 | 0.09 | |
| 16.5% | 0.8% | 13.2% | 23.0% | |
| 6.0% | -13.0% | -12.6% | -9.3% | |
| 8.4% | -13.8% | -16.8% | 1.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 269 | 163 | 147 | 112 |
| Cash | 1 | 2 | 16 | 58 |
| Total debt | 105 | 33 | 33 | 14 |
| Total liabilities | 135 | 56 | 54 | 25 |
| 134 | 107 | 94 | 87 | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| 4.9% | -20.8% | -6.4% | -5.5% | |
| 16.4% | -24.8% | -14.5% | 1.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 23 | 15 | -1 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 20 | 14 | -2 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Valuation
- 140.4×
- –
- –
- 1.6×
- 1.6×
- –
- –
- -1.7%
- 0.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 23.0%
- -9.3%
- 1.2%
- -5.8%
- -8.5%
- -3.3%
- -6.1%
- -5.1%
- -8.6%
- 0.2%
Growth
- −34.1%
- −65.1%
- −116.1%
- –
- +0.8%
Financial health
- -15.8×
- 0.16
- 12.8%
- 27.4×
- 8.69
- 7.82
- 0.75
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 5%of 989
Bottom 4%of 958
Bottom 4%of 774
Bottom 1%of 935
Bottom 25%of 990
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $18.00
- Range
- $18.00 – $18.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | -0.21 | – | – |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -0.11 | 0.16 | −168.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 0.01 | 0.29 | −96.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -0.08 | 0.27 | −129.6% |
| May 12, 2025 | -0.08 | 0.12 | −166.7% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 0.01 | 0.03 | −66.7% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -0.08 | 0.07 | −214.3% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | -0.02 | -0.22 | +90.9% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
29No pass
Benjamin Graham
44No pass
Philip Fisher
11No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
21No pass
Terry Smith
13No pass
Questions about Ascent Industries
Is Ascent Industries a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ascent Industries AI analysis
What does Ascent Industries do?
Ascent Industries Co. an industrials company, focuses on the production and distribution of industrial tubular products and specialty chemicals in the United States and internationally. It is in Steel.
Does Ascent Industries pay a dividend?
No. Ascent Industries does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $9.14 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Ascent Industries stock halal?
No. Ascent Industries does not pass our halal screen: its cash and confirmed interest-bearing investments are 47% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Ascent Industries stock done over the past year?
Up 3.1% over the past twelve months, to $13.49. It traded between $12.12 and $17.78 and is 24.1% below its high.
Who are Ascent Industries's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nucor, ArcelorMittal, JSW Steel and Steel Dynamics. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ascent Industries's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.