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ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
ACNT
$146M
Mkt Cap
$15.13
-0.30%
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a current P/E ratio of 168.1, compared to its historical median P/E of 9.2. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -2.1%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a market capitalization of $139M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 9.22%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) appears expensive. The current P/E of 168.1 is 1734% above its historical median of 9.2. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 26.4%.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) operates in the Chemicals & Allied Products industry, within the Materials sector.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) reported annual revenue of $75 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
General Information Ascent Industries Co. (“Ascent” or the “Company”) is a specialty chemicals platform delivering differentiated, performance-driven chemical solutions to a diverse set of end markets. The Company develops, manufactures, and supplies tailored formulations and intermediates that enhance product performance and optimize industrial processes. Ascent operates three production facilities located in Cleveland, Tennessee; Fountain Inn, South Carolina; and Danville, Virginia. These facilities support customers across energy, household, industrial and institutional (“HII”), personal care, coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (“CASE”), agriculture, water treatment, pulp and paper, construction, automotive, and other industrial markets. The Company’s core product portfolio includes surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, and specialty intermediates, offered in both petroleum-based and bio-based formulations.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 70M | 75M | 81M | 193M | 262M | 335M |
| Net Income | 1.2M | 867K | -14M | -27M | 22M | 20M |
| EPS | $0.12 | $0.09 | $-1.35 | $-2.63 | $2.12 | $2.14 |
| Free Cash Flow | -6.9M | -2.1M | 14M | 20M | 2.2M | 18M |
| ROIC | -12.2% | 0.5% | -13.5% | -17.1% | 7.0% | 12.4% |
| Gross Margin | 21.9% | 23.0% | 13.2% | 0.8% | 16.5% | 18.2% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.34 | 1.72 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.77 | 0.93 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | -8.4M | -7.0M | -11M | -37M | 15M | 27M |
| Operating Margin | -12.0% | -9.4% | -13.4% | -19.4% | 5.6% | 8.2% |
| ROE | 1.4% | 1.0% | -13.5% | -22.0% | 18.0% | 21.1% |
| Shares Outstanding | 9M | 10M | 10M | 10M | 10M | 9M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 221M | 175M | 139M | 201M | 281M | 305M | 256M | 335M | 262M | 193M | 81M | 75M | 70M |
| Gross Margin | 8.7% | 14.4% | 12.2% | 14.0% | 18.2% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 18.2% | 16.5% | 0.8% | 13.2% | 23.0% | 21.9% |
| R&D | 558K | 548K | 603K | 600K | 500K | 600K | 500K | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 71K | 71K |
| SG&A | 17M | 12M | N/A | 25M | 28M | 33M | 29M | 30M | 28M | 27M | 20M | 23M | 22M |
| EBIT | 1.8M | -13M | -8.2M | 2.1M | 21M | -1.7M | -31M | 27M | 15M | -37M | -11M | -7.0M | -8.4M |
| Op. Margin | 0.8% | -7.4% | -6.0% | 1.0% | 7.6% | -0.6% | -12.1% | 8.2% | 5.6% | -19.4% | -13.4% | -9.4% | -12.0% |
| Net Income | 1.8M | -12M | -7.1M | 1.3M | 13M | -3.0M | -27M | 20M | 22M | -27M | -14M | 867K | 1.2M |
| Net Margin | 0.8% | -6.6% | -5.1% | 0.7% | 4.7% | -1.0% | -10.7% | 6.0% | 8.4% | -13.8% | -16.8% | 1.2% | 1.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 17M | -2.2M | 0 | 41K | 50K | 16M | 848K | 18K | 11M | -289K | 1.6M | 1.6M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 1.2% | -9.7% | -6.6% | 1.8% | 11.6% | -1.7% | -17.1% | 12.4% | 7.0% | -17.1% | -13.5% | 0.5% | -12.2% |
| ROE | 2.0% | -12.1% | -7.7% | 1.5% | 13.6% | -2.9% | -29.2% | 21.1% | 18.0% | -22.0% | -13.5% | 1.0% | 1.4% |
| ROA | 1.1% | -7.7% | -4.9% | 0.9% | 6.7% | -1.3% | -11.7% | 8.6% | 8.2% | -12.3% | -8.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | -5.5M | 16M | 1.5M | 2.2M | -21M | 29M | 18M | 19M | 5.6M | 23M | 15M | -519K | -5.2M |
| Free Cash Flow | -11M | 5.6M | -1.5M | -3.0M | -29M | 24M | 14M | 18M | 2.2M | 20M | 14M | -2.1M | -6.9M |
| Owner Earnings | -9.4M | 12M | -5.6M | -6.1M | -31M | 15M | 5.6M | 7.9M | -8.5M | 14M | 13M | -3.0M | 23M |
| CapEx | 5.8M | 11M | 3.0M | 5.3M | 7.4M | 4.5M | 3.7M | 1.5M | 3.4M | 2.9M | 1.1M | 1.5M | 1.6M |
| Maint. CapEx | 3.5M | 4.4M | 6.7M | 7.7M | 8.8M | 11M | 11M | 10M | 13M | 7.7M | 1.0M | 1.1M | -29M |
| Growth CapEx | 2.2M | 6.5M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78K | 412K | 31M |
| D&A | 3.5M | 4.4M | 6.7M | 7.7M | 8.8M | 11M | 11M | 10M | 13M | 7.7M | 1.0M | 1.1M | -29M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | 66.2% | 201.4% | 236.1% | N/A | 15.8% | 20.8% | 7.9% | 60.9% | 12.5% | 7.6% | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 2.3M | 2.6M | 0 | 1.1M | 2.2M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.3% | 2.3% | N/A | 1.2% | 1.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 820K | 254K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 635K | 0 | 1.3M | 1.3M | 1.0M | 9.1M | 13M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | 1.3% | 0.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.0% | N/A | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 6.0% | 9.2% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 331K | 522K | 459K | 638K | 827K | 2.1M | 1.8M | 799K | 1.4M | 1.0M | 760K | 1.3M | 1.3M |
| Debt Repayment | 2.4M | 4.7M | 26M | 0 | 0 | 3.7M | 4.0M | 207M | 442M | 328M | 198M | 137M | 137M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 22M | 32M | 8.7M | 26M | 74M | 74M | 90M | 102M | 102M | -951K | -15M | 92M | -20M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 1.8M | 391K | 63K | 15K | 2.2M | 626K | 236K | 2.0M | 1.4M | 1.9M | 16M | 58M | 48M |
| Long-Term Debt | 21M | 23M | 8.8M | 26M | 76M | 72M | 60M | 68M | 69M | 0 | 0 | 137M | 27M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.10 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 1.18 | 0.93 | 0.77 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.72 | 0.34 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.3 | -9.6 | -8.8 | 2.1 | 9.6 | -0.4 | -14.7 | 18.4 | 5.3 | -8.8 | -25.8 | -132.6 | -132.6 |
| Equity | 106M | 95M | 89M | 90M | 102M | 107M | 80M | 112M | 134M | 107M | 94M | 87M | 82M |
| Total Assets | 163M | 149M | 139M | 160M | 228M | 257M | 207M | 266M | 269M | 163M | 147M | 112M | 103M |
| Total Liabilities | 57M | 54M | 50M | 70M | 126M | 151M | 127M | 154M | 135M | 56M | 54M | 25M | 21M |
| Intangibles | 6.9M | 15M | 12M | 11M | 9.7M | 16M | 11M | 14M | 10M | 8.5M | 3.4M | 2.8M | 2.7M |
| Retained Earnings | 76M | 65M | 58M | 58M | 69M | 71M | 43M | 63M | 85M | 59M | 45M | 46M | 44M |
| Working Capital | 75M | 58M | 65M | 74M | 130M | 107M | 96M | 109M | 137M | 65M | 61M | 71M | 66M |
| Current Assets | 100M | 85M | 98M | 108M | 167M | 147M | 127M | 160M | 170M | 89M | 83M | 83M | 74M |
| Current Liabilities | 25M | 27M | 33M | 33M | 37M | 41M | 31M | 50M | 33M | 25M | 22M | 12M | 8.6M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 0.25 | -1.18 | -1.12 | 0.17 | 1.48 | -0.34 | -2.98 | 2.14 | 2.12 | -2.63 | -1.35 | 0.09 | 0.12 |
| Owner EPS | -1.33 | 1.19 | -0.89 | -0.78 | -3.48 | 1.73 | 0.61 | 0.84 | -0.82 | 1.42 | 1.28 | -0.31 | 2.48 |
| Book Value | 15.07 | 9.75 | 13.99 | 11.37 | 11.58 | 11.93 | 8.78 | 11.80 | 12.90 | 10.61 | 9.29 | 9.03 | 8.86 |
| Cash Flow/Share | -0.79 | 1.69 | 0.24 | 0.28 | -2.40 | 3.21 | 1.96 | 2.01 | 0.54 | 2.28 | 1.46 | -0.05 | -3.06 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 7.0M | 9.8M | 6.3M | 7.9M | 8.8M | 8.9M | 9.2M | 9.5M | 10.4M | 10.1M | 10.1M | 9.6M | 9.2M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 57.2 | N/A | N/A | 88.6 | 11.3 | N/A | N/A | 7.0 | 3.9 | N/A | N/A | 177.0 | 127.6 |
| P/FCF | N/A | 11.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 39.2 | 4.8 | 8.4 | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 67.9 | N/A | N/A | 70.4 | 10.4 | N/A | N/A | 7.6 | 10.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Price/Sales | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| FCF Yield | -11.2% | 8.8% | -1.7% | -2.6% | -19.3% | 20.4% | 22.2% | 12.3% | 2.5% | 20.7% | 11.9% | -1.3% | -4.9% |
| Market Cap | 101M | 63M | 92M | 119M | 148M | 118M | 64M | 142M | 86M | 98M | 114M | 153M | 139M |
| Avg. Price | 13.69 | 11.74 | 8.12 | 11.74 | 17.76 | 15.57 | 8.33 | 10.49 | 15.04 | 9.17 | 10.14 | 12.63 | 15.13 |
| Year-End Price | 14.31 | 6.50 | 10.54 | 13.30 | 16.72 | 13.23 | 7.02 | 15.04 | 8.23 | 9.64 | 11.28 | 15.93 | 15.13 |
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. trades at 168.1x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 9.2x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. The company's 5-year average gross margin is 14.3%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 9.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -9.6%.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a net profit margin of 1.2%. This is a modest margin.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) generated $-2 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.09 in its most recent fiscal year.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a return on equity (ROE) of 1.0%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a 5-year average gross margin of 14.3%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT) has a book value per share of $9.03, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.