Ascent Industries Co.
ACNT Nasdaq· Chemicals & Allied Products
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$13.94
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Ascent Industries Co. had $74.9M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 7.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −21.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −9.4%, up 4.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −9 is left after running the business.
- Ascent Industries Co. made $0.9M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$2.1M in fiscal 2025, −2.8% of revenue.
- Ascent Industries Co. returned $9.1M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 4.6%.
Market cap
$127M
P/E
—
Revenue
$74.9M
Net income
$0.9M
Free cash flow
−$2.1M
Operating margin
−9.4%
Ascent Industries Co. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−7.2%
No. Sales fell 7.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
1.2%
A little. It keeps 1.2% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−2.8%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Ascent Industries Co. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 3, 2026
- Legal name
- ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- CIK
- 0000095953
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $335M | $262M | $193M | $80.8M | $74.9M |
| Revenue growth | 30.7% | −21.7% | −26.3% | −58.2% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 16.5% | 0.8% | 13.2% | 23.0% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 5.6% | −19.4% | −13.4% | −9.4% |
| Net income | $20.2M | $22.1M | −$26.6M | −$13.6M | $0.9M |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 8.4% | −13.8% | −16.8% | 1.2% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.14 | $2.12 | −$2.63 | −$1.35 | $0.09 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $19.1M | $5.6M | $23.1M | $14.7M | −$0.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.5M | $3.4M | $2.9M | $1.1M | $1.5M |
| Free cash flow | $17.6M | $2.2M | $20.2M | $13.6M | −$2.1M |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 0.8% | 10.5% | 16.8% | −2.8% |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.0M | $9.1M |
| Share count change | 3.5% | 10.1% | −2.6% | −0.3% | −4.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| 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 | — |
| Shareholders' equity | $112M | $134M | $107M | $93.5M | $87.0M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.9x | 2.6x | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 3.2x | 5.1x | 3.6x | 3.7x | 6.7x |
| Interest coverage | 18.4x | 5.3x | −8.8x | −25.8x | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 12.1% | 7.1% | −28.0% | −11.0% | — |
| Return on equity | 21.1% | 18.0% | −22.0% | −13.5% | 1.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | 23.9% | 19.6% | −26.9% | −15.1% | 1.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 8.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
2 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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At $13.94 a share, the company is worth $127M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000095953). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.