ASTEC INDS INC ASTE
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 046224101
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryConstruction Machinery & Equip
- HeadquartersChattanooga, TN
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($164.3k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 23.0m as of 2026-07-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $61.18. Options: 2 managers hold calls ($5.1m notional), 4 hold puts ($1.1m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 155 |
| Q4 2022 | 151 |
| Q1 2023 | 157 |
| Q2 2023 | 163 |
| Q3 2023 | 179 |
| Q4 2023 | 159 |
| Q1 2024 | 169 |
| Q2 2024 | 150 |
| Q3 2024 | 173 |
| Q4 2024 | 172 |
| Q1 2025 | 190 |
| Q2 2025 | 197 |
| Q3 2025 | 208 |
| Q4 2025 | 206 |
| Q1 2026 | 247 |
| Q2 2026 | 231 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 80 | 71 |
| Q4 2024 | 73 | 75 |
| Q1 2025 | 92 | 81 |
| Q2 2025 | 108 | 85 |
| Q3 2025 | 109 | 97 |
| Q4 2025 | 96 | 101 |
| Q1 2026 | 127 | 89 |
| Q2 2026 | 121 | 125 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $13.8k | $413.9k | 29.97 |
| Q4 2025 | $8.7k | $342.2k | 39.50 |
| Q1 2026 | $0 | $253.0k | — |
| Q2 2026 | $5.1m | $1.1m | 0.22 |
Biggest buyers
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +287.1k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Added | +282.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | New | +198.6k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Added | +172.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +138.3k |
| Trexquant Investment LP | New | +123.6k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | New | +122.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +78.8k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +76.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +73.4k |
Biggest sellers
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -151.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -143.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -139.5k |
| CONGRUENCE CAPITAL, LLC | Sold out | -124.1k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -96.8k |
| ACK Asset Management LLC | Reduced | -96.2k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC | Reduced | -77.0k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC | Reduced | -70.2k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -68.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -67.3k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $4.8m78.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $257.0k4.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $428.3k7.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $373.3k6.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $318.2k5.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $6.1k100 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -1.9 pts · filed 2026-04-24 | 14.5% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 6.0% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL (4.7%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $18.6k | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $118.0k | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $59.5k | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5m $212.7m | Added +78.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $88.6m | Added +14.9k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $84.0m | Added +17.6k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.1m $66.0m | Reduced -24.4k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $62.3m | Added +21.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 921.0k $56.3m | Added +47.5k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 824.2k $50.4m | Added +64.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 797.3k $48.8m | Added +73.4k |
| ACK Asset Management LLC 4.93% of their portfolio | 690.3k $42.2m | Reduced -96.2k |
| Harvey Partners, LLC 2.86% of their portfolio | 674.0k $41.2m | Added +1.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 604.8k $37.0m | Added +31.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 543.2k $33.2m | Added +282.9k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 475.9k $29.1m | Reduced -77.0k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 471.1k $28.8m | Added +66.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 375.2k $23.0m | Reduced -29.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 365.4k $22.4m | Reduced -30.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 361.2k $22.1m | Reduced -143.2k |
| EASTERLY INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC 1.09% of their portfolio | 349.2k $21.4m | Added +67.9k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 293.6k $18.0m | Added +287.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.5k $17.0m | Added +19.0k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.66% of their portfolio | 241.6k $14.8m | Added +12.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 226.1k $13.8m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 221.2k $13.5m | Added +1.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 198.6k $12.2m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 192.1k $11.8m | Reduced -67.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 187.1k $11.4m | Added +172.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.5k $10.8m | Added +138.3k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 156.8k $9.6m | Reduced -70.2k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.3k $9.4m | Added +5.1k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 151.3k $9.3m | Added +9.5k |
| JOHN G ULLMAN & ASSOCIATES INC 1.11% of their portfolio | 150.2k $9.2m | Reduced -1.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 140.7k $8.6m | Added +31.9k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.1k $8.5m | Added +2.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.4k $8.4m | Added +76.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 130.8k $8.0m | Reduced -7.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 123.6k $7.6m | New |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 122.0k $7.5m | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.4k $7.2m | Reduced -139.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.9k $7.1m | Added +35.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 114.3k $7.0m | Reduced -38.4k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.6k $6.6m | Added +659 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.1k $6.6m | Reduced -10.6k |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. 0.61% of their portfolio | 106.1k $6.5m | Added +20.3k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 99.9k $6.1m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.3k $6.1m | Reduced -20.3k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.1k $5.2m | Added +32.2k |
| MARTIN & CO INC /TN/ 0.81% of their portfolio | 84.4k $5.2m | Reduced -43 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.1k $5.1m | Added +38.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.2k $5.0m | Added +5.7k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.5k $4.9m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.0k $4.8m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.8k $3.8m | Added +12.4k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.6k $3.6m | Added +41.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.4k $3.6m | Reduced -68.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.0k $3.4m | Reduced -7.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.8k $3.3m | Reduced -39.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.9k $3.2m | Reduced -756 |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 52.2k $3.2m | Added +11.0k |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 49.6k $3.0m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.0k $3.0m | Reduced -4.2k |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.3k $2.7m | Added +8.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.4k $2.5m | Added +800 |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 39.3k $2.4m | Added +28.2k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.1k $2.3m | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 37.2k $2.3m | Reduced -6.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.6k $2.2m | Added +6.0k |
| Teton Advisors, LLC 1.27% of their portfolio | 36.0k $2.2m | Reduced -800 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.2k $1.9m | Added +10.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.6k $1.8m | Added +24.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 28.3k $1.7m | Added +15.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.1k $1.5m | Added +7.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.7k $1.6m | Added +4.3k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.2k $1.6m | Reduced -1.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.0k $1.5m | Added +175 |
| Rather & Kittrell, Inc. 0.21% of their portfolio | 24.4k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| Summit Global Investments 0.08% of their portfolio | 23.9k $1.5m | Added +4.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.8k $1.5m | Added +3.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.5k $1.4m | Added +3.6k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.7k $1.4m | Added +15.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.1k $1.4m | Reduced -151.1k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.0k $1.3m | Added +302 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.9k $1.3m | Added +1.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.7k $1.3m | Added +11.7k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 20.3k $1.2m | Reduced -15.2k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.5k $1.2m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.6k $1.1m | Reduced -2.0k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.4k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.4k $1.1m | Added +12.5k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $1.1m | Reduced -1.0k |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 17.2k $1.1m | Added +6.6k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.5k $949.1k | Added +2.9k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.1k $924.0k | Reduced -170 |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 14.9k $910.0k | Added +9.6k |
| Empirical Financial Services, LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.8k $843.1k | Added +1.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.7k $835.4k | Reduced -4.6k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.6k $832.7k | Added +966 |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.2k $808.4k | Reduced -2.5k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.2k $807.2k | Reduced -2.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.2k $806.4k | Added +4.1k |
| BAILARD, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.1k $801.6k | Reduced -500 |