ASTE
Astec Industries, Inc.
ASTE has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
RKLB has the edge over ASTE overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger valuation.
ASTE Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable |
ASTE's revenue and cash flow are currently healthy, and its profitability and balance sheet are stable.
RKLB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
RKLB's revenue is currently strong, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
ASTE PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 10x | $38.64 | — |
| Cheap | 30x | $14.87 | -62% |
| Fair | 43x | $21.71 | -44% |
| Current | 77x | $38.64 | — |
| Expensive | 93x | $46.64 | +21% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ASTE's PE is in its expensive range at 77x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 10x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
RKLB PE Valuation
RKLB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ASTE Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ASTE, with profitability improving.
RKLB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect RKLB's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
ASTE Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.80 | +660% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.50 | -76% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.85 | -57% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.12 | +70% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.68 | +784% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.08 | +$2.16 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.99 | +$2.09 |
| Q1 2025 | $0.66 | -39% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.19 | -87% |
ASTE has the edge over RKLB on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RKLB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.36 | +$0.03 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.27 | +$0.19 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.32 | +$0.09 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.37 | +$0.01 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.39 | -$0.02 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.11 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.41 | -$0.04 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.38 | $0.00 |
RKLB is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $0.36 per share over the past year, against $0.46 at its worst in mid-2025.
ASTE Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $352.4M | +0.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $408.1M | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $396.3M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $400.6M | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | $350.1M | +20% |
| Q2 2025 | $330.3M | -4.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $329.4M | +6.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $359M | +6.5% |
ASTE's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $352M last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.9% | -1.3 points |
| Q2 2026 | 5% | -1.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2.3% | -3.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 5.7% | -4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 0.3% | +2.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | 6.5% | +9.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 6.2% | +4.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 9.7% | +4.1 points |
ASTE has the edge over RKLB on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RKLB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $267.8M | +73% |
| Q2 2026 | $234.1M | +62% |
| Q1 2026 | $200.3M | +63% |
| Q4 2025 | $179.7M | +36% |
| Q3 2025 | $155.1M | +48% |
| Q2 2025 | $144.5M | +36% |
| Q1 2025 | $122.6M | +32% |
| Q4 2024 | $132.4M | +121% |
RKLB has the edge over ASTE on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -30% | +8.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | -25% | +17 points |
| Q1 2026 | -28% | +20 points |
| Q4 2025 | -28% | +11 points |
| Q3 2025 | -38% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | -41% | -0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | -48% | -1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | -39% | +41 points |
RKLB's operating margin was −30% last quarter, up 8.5 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ASTE Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $10.7M | +$23M |
| Q2 2026 | $4.7M | -48% |
| Q1 2026 | $32.6M | +96% |
| Q4 2025 | $7.4M | -77% |
| Q3 2025 | -$12.3M | -162% |
| Q2 2025 | $9M | +173% |
| Q1 2025 | $16.6M | +$69.4M |
| Q4 2024 | $32.1M | -14% |
ASTE has the edge over RKLB on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RKLB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$23.9M | +$45.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$110.1M | -$54.8M |
| Q1 2026 | -$77.4M | +$5.5M |
| Q4 2025 | -$114.2M | -$90.2M |
| Q3 2025 | -$69.4M | -$27.5M |
| Q2 2025 | -$55.3M | -$26.9M |
| Q1 2025 | -$82.9M | -$61.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$23.9M | +$28.7M |
RKLB has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$326M over the past year, against −$232M the year before.
ASTE Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1% | -243K shares |
| 1 year | +0.7% | +158K shares |
| 3 years | +1.3% | +301K shares |
| 5 years | +0.6% | +135K shares |
| Available history | +1.6% | +374K shares |
ASTE has the edge over RKLB on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q4 2022 | $4M |
| Q4 2019 | — |
RKLB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.6% | +22.6M shares |
| 1 year | +23% | +124M shares |
| 3 years | +35% | +168M shares |
| 5 years | +46% | +204M shares |
RKLB has 652M diluted shares, up 23% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
ASTE Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 3.2x | Elevated |
| Q4 2025 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -1.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 0.6x | Very low |
ASTE's net debt is about 3.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 2.6 years a year ago.
RKLB Net Leverage
RKLB's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
ASTE Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.3 | Oversold |
ASTE's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
RKLB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 46.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 27.6 | Neutral |
RKLB's weekly RSI is 47 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 28 (neutral).
ASTE PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ASTE | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 77x | 24x | 221% above |
| PE % | 77 | 58 | 19 pts above |
ASTE is trading at 77x earnings, a 221% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
RKLB PE vs Industrials Sector
RKLB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ASTE Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $39.0 | 1% below |
| 20 week MA | $44.5 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $49.6 | 22% below |
| 100 week MA | $44.6 | 13% below |
| 200 week MA | $41.7 | 7.3% below |
ASTE is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 7.3% below its 200-week average.
RKLB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $61.4 | 4.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $68.1 | 5.9% below |
| 50 week MA | $77.6 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $56.5 | 13% above |
| 200 week MA | $31.4 | 104% above |
RKLB has the edge over ASTE on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ASTE Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $42.1 | $58.6 | +39% |
| 2021 | $58.6 | $69.3 | +18% |
| 2022 | $69.3 | $41.0 | -41% |
| 2023 | $41.0 | $37.2 | -9.3% |
| 2024 | $37.2 | $33.2 | -11% |
| 2025 | $33.2 | $45.9 | +38% |
| 2026 YTD | $45.9 | $38.6 | -16% |
ASTE has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 16% so far in 2026.
RKLB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.82 | $10.3 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | $10.3 | $12.0 | +17% |
| 2022 | $12.0 | $3.77 | -69% |
| 2023 | $3.77 | $5.53 | +47% |
| 2024 | $5.53 | $27.2 | +392% |
| 2025 | $27.2 | $70.7 | +160% |
| 2026 YTD | $70.7 | $64.1 | -9.3% |
RKLB has the edge over ASTE on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.