Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) is a Steel company in the Basic Materials sector, currently trading at $13.73. It has a SharesGrow Score of 42/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
Analyst consensus target is ACNT = $18 (+31.1% upside).
Valuation: ACNT trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -22.1 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.99.
Financials: revenue is $75M, -39.7%/yr average growth. Net income is $6M (loss), growing at -45.2%/yr. Net profit margin is -7.5% (negative). Gross margin is 22.6% (+8.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $13M against $87M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.15, conservative). Current ratio is 6.72 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 11.9%. Total assets: $112M.
Analyst outlook: 3 / 4 analysts rate ACNT as buy (75%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 65/100 (Pass), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 25/100 (Fail), Health 67/100 (Partial), Moat 29/100 (Fail), Future 85/100 (Pass), Income 10/100 (Fail).
