Ascent Industries

ACNT

Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials

Price

$15.29

+0.17 (+1.12%)

Market Cap

$138.2M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 9.5M (2021) → 9.6M (2025)

Ascent Industries Co. an industrials company, focuses on the production and distribution of industrial tubular products and specialty chemicals in the United States and internationally. It manufactures welded pipes and tubes, primarily from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys; and galvanized carbon tubes, as well as related stainless pipe products. The company also manufactures ornamental stainless-steel tubes for supply to the automotive, commercial transportation, marine, food services,

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Quality

Gross Margin

14.1%

Thin — 14.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

-12.2%

Losing money on operations — -12.2%

ROCE

-2.5%

Weak — -2.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-37.7%

Shrinking sales (-37.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

-433%

Weak — only -433% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

-9.0%

Burning cash (-9.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.16

Conservative — low debt load (0.16)

Interest Cover

N/A

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

152.9x

Expensive — P/E 152.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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