Ascent Industries Co.
ACNT Nasdaq Chemicals & Allied Products Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Ascent Industries Co. does
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- Legal name
- ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 3, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000095953-26-000040
0000095953
Revenue and margins
Ascent Industries Co. had $74.9M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 7.2% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$2.1M in fiscal 2025, β2.8% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Ascent Industries Co. returned $9.1M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 4.6%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Ascent Industries Co. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $2.0M | $1.4M | $1.9M | $16.1M | $57.6M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $72.0M | $73.1M | $1.6M | $1.3M | β |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.9x | 2.6x | β | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.0x | 0.0x | β |
| Interest coverage | 18.4x | 5.3x | β8.8x | β25.8x | β |
| Current ratio | 3.2x | 5.1x | 3.6x | 3.7x | 6.7x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 3.1x | 1.5x | 3.5x | 6.0x |
| Total assets | $266M | $269M | $163M | $147M | $112M |
| Total liabilities | $154M | $135M | $55.9M | $53.7M | $24.9M |
| Shareholders' equity | $112M | $134M | $107M | $93.5M | $87.0M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $70.0M | $71.6M | β$0.3M | β$14.7M | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 6 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β6.2% | β0.6% | 17.7% | β13.0% | β19.5% | 0.5% | 6.2% | β23.0% | β18.2% | 1.1% |
| Altman Z'' | 5.89 | 5.67 | 6.20 | 4.31 | 3.37 | 4.92 | 5.78 | 4.24 | 5.04 | 8.71 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $139M | $201M | $281M | $305M | $256M | $335M | $262M | $193M | $80.8M | $74.9M |
| Gross profit | $16.9M | $28.1M | $51.2M | $30.8M | $22.7M | $60.8M | $43.3M | $1.5M | $10.7M | $17.2M |
| Research and development | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.5M | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| Operating income | β$8.2M | $2.1M | $21.2M | β$1.7M | β$31.1M | $27.3M | $14.5M | β$37.4M | β$10.8M | β$7.0M |
| Interest expense | $0.9M | $1.0M | $2.2M | $3.8M | $2.1M | $1.5M | $2.7M | $4.2M | $0.4M | β |
| Pretax income | β$9.2M | $1.5M | $16.5M | β$3.8M | β$32.0M | $25.5M | $12.0M | β$41.1M | β$10.8M | β$5.6M |
| Income tax | β$2.2M | $0.1M | $3.4M | β$0.7M | β$4.7M | $5.3M | β$5.6M | β$6.9M | $1.8M | $0.0M |
| Net income | β$7.1M | $1.3M | $13.1M | β$3.0M | β$27.3M | $20.2M | $22.1M | β$26.6M | β$13.6M | $0.9M |
| Diluted EPS | β | β | β | β$0.34 | β$2.98 | $2.14 | $2.12 | β$2.63 | β$1.35 | $0.09 |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $1.5M | $2.2M | β$21.2M | $28.6M | $18.0M | $19.1M | $5.6M | $23.1M | $14.7M | β$0.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.0M | $5.3M | $7.4M | $4.5M | $3.7M | $1.5M | $3.4M | $2.9M | $1.1M | $1.5M |
| Free cash flow | β$1.5M | β$3.0M | β$28.6M | $24.1M | $14.2M | $17.6M | $2.2M | $20.2M | $13.6M | β$2.1M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $6.7M | $7.7M | $8.8M | $11.1M | $10.6M | $10.3M | $12.7M | $6.2M | $1.0M | $1.1M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.8M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $0.8M | $1.4M | $1.0M | $0.8M | $1.3M |
| Acquisitions | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $32.6M | $0.0M | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $0.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.6M | $0.0M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.0M | $9.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $1.1M | $2.2M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.3M | $1.1M | $2.2M | $0.0M | $0.6M | $0.0M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.0M | $9.1M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $0.1M | $0.0M | $2.2M | $0.6M | $0.2M | $2.0M | $1.4M | $1.9M | $16.1M | $57.6M |
| Total debt | $8.8M | $25.9M | $76.4M | $75.6M | $61.4M | $70.4M | $71.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $0.6M | $0.1M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.1M |
| Current assets | $97.5M | $108M | $167M | $147M | $127M | $160M | $170M | $89.4M | $83.1M | $83.0M |
| Current liabilities | $32.6M | $33.3M | $37.2M | $40.6M | $31.1M | $50.5M | $33.5M | $24.8M | $22.3M | $12.4M |
| Inventory | $60.8M | $72.1M | $114M | $98.2M | $85.1M | $103M | $67.7M | $52.3M | $5.7M | $8.7M |
| Property and equipment, net | $27.3M | $35.1M | $40.9M | $40.7M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $1.4M | $6.0M | $9.8M | $17.6M | $1.4M | $12.6M | $11.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Intangible assets | $12.3M | $10.9M | $9.7M | $15.7M | $11.4M | $14.4M | $10.0M | $8.5M | $3.4M | $2.8M |
| Total assets | $139M | $160M | $228M | $257M | $207M | $266M | $269M | $163M | $147M | $112M |
| Total liabilities | $50.0M | $70.2M | $126M | $151M | $127M | $154M | $135M | $55.9M | $53.7M | $24.9M |
| Shareholders' equity | $88.6M | $89.7M | $102M | $107M | $80.3M | $112M | $134M | $107M | $93.5M | $87.0M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 14.0% | 18.2% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 18.2% | 16.5% | 0.8% | 13.2% | 23.0% |
| Operating margin | β6.0% | 1.0% | 7.6% | β0.6% | β12.1% | 8.2% | 5.6% | β19.4% | β13.4% | β9.4% |
| EBITDA margin | β1.1% | 4.9% | 10.7% | 3.1% | β8.0% | 11.3% | 10.4% | β16.2% | β12.1% | β7.9% |
| Net margin | β5.1% | 0.7% | 4.7% | β1.0% | β10.7% | 6.0% | 8.4% | β13.8% | β16.8% | 1.2% |
| FCF margin | β1.1% | β1.5% | β10.2% | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5.2% | 0.8% | 10.5% | 16.8% | β2.8% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β6.7% | 1.6% | 9.6% | β0.7% | β17.4% | 12.1% | 7.1% | β28.0% | β11.0% | β |
| Return on capital employed | β7.8% | 1.6% | 11.1% | β0.8% | β17.7% | 12.7% | 6.2% | β27.0% | β8.6% | β7.1% |
| Return on equity | β8.0% | 1.5% | 13.6% | β2.9% | β29.2% | 21.1% | 18.0% | β22.0% | β13.5% | 1.0% |
| Return on assets | β5.1% | 0.9% | 6.7% | β1.3% | β11.7% | 8.6% | 8.2% | β12.3% | β8.8% | 0.7% |
| Return on tangible equity | β9.5% | 1.8% | 15.8% | β4.1% | β40.4% | 23.9% | 19.6% | β26.9% | β15.1% | 1.0% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 45.2% | 39.6% | 8.7% | β16.1% | 30.7% | β21.7% | β26.3% | β58.2% | β7.2% |
| Net income growth | β | β | 876.7% | β123.2% | β | β | 9.0% | β220.7% | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β0.9% | β224.1% | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β41.0% | 23.4% | β87.6% | 825.0% | β32.8% | β115.2% |
| Share count change | β | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 3.5% | 10.1% | β2.6% | β0.3% | β4.6% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | 2.6x | 2.5x | 8.1x | β | 1.9x | 2.6x | β | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.1x | 0.3x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.0x | 0.0x | β |
| Interest coverage | β8.8x | 2.1x | 9.6x | β0.4x | β14.7x | 18.4x | 5.3x | β8.8x | β25.8x | β |
| Current ratio | 3.0x | 3.2x | 4.5x | 3.6x | 4.1x | 3.2x | 5.1x | 3.6x | 3.7x | 6.7x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.1x | 3.1x | 1.5x | 3.5x | 6.0x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 61.5% | 6.4% | 7.6% | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 7.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 8.7 |
| Accruals ratio | β6.2% | β0.6% | 17.7% | β13.0% | β19.5% | 0.5% | 6.2% | β23.0% | β18.2% | 1.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000095953). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.