Astec Industries price to free cash flow ASTE

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 27.3×
10-year median: 21.8×
Against its 10-year history: 60th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 7.2× to 334×
Peer median: 16.0×

Astec Industries' price to free cash flow is 27.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 21.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.2× in Mar 2020 to 334× in Mar 2025.

The median for 9 agricultural machinery stocks of a similar size is 16.0×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 21.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	27.3×	22.5×	71.0×
2025	23.1×	12.1×	334×
2024	95.9×	95.9×	111×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	23.1×	23.1×	32.5×
2021	31.5×	9.7×	32.4×
2020	11.4×	7.2×	21.7×
2019	20.2×	17.9×	20.3×
2018	17.8×	15.2×	63.7×
2017	54.0×	12.9×	54.0×
2016	18.9×	17.5×	155×
2015	149×	134×	152×
2014	59.1×	54.2×	85.9×
2013	80.4×	71.0×	317×
2012	111×	90.5×	111×
2011	25.6×	25.6×	31.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Agricultural - Machinery nearest Astec Industries' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
ASTEAstec Industries	27.3×
AEBIAebi Schmidt	144×
PLOWDouglas Dynamics	18.8×
MTWManitowoc	11.6×
LNNLindsay	30.9×
MLRMiller Industries	5.2×
ALGAlamo	13.1×
BLBDBlue Bird	11.9×
GENCGencor Industries	n/m
AGCOAgco	22.5×
Peer median	16.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.