Ascent Industries
Makes tailored chemicals and contract manufacturing services for industrial and consumer-product markets.
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Profile
Produces surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, intermediates, and custom and toll manufacturing services. After selling its tubular-products assets, the business is a U.S.-based specialty-chemicals platform with customer and supplier concentration.
Develops and manufactures specialty-chemical formulations, intermediates, and process aids for oil and gas, household and industrial uses, personal care, coatings, pulp and paper, textiles, water treatment, construction, and related markets. Product lines include surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, chemical intermediates, and packaging-coatings formulations.
Provides custom manufacturing, toll processing, product development, process optimization, scale-up, and commercial production. Operations use customer-dedicated assets and multi-purpose systems for blending, complex reaction chemistry, and multi-step processing, with production centered in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Formerly paired specialty chemicals with tubular products, then sold the remaining tubular assets and now reports one Specialty Chemicals segment. The business depends on concentrated customer relationships, raw-material supply, and a partly union-represented workforce.
Company facts
Key statistics
Year to date −3.9% · Average volume (30d) 53.6K
Analysts
Ratings
Target range
Latest analyst notes
No analyst notes in the last 24 months.
Earnings
EPS
Revenue
History
| Report date | EPS est | EPS | Surprise | Revenue est | Revenue | Surprise | Next session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026Q2 FY26 | — | $0.07 | — | — | $25.7M | — | +1.30% |
| May 6, 2026Q1 FY26 | — | −$0.21 | — | — | $19.4M | — | −8.22% |
| Mar 3, 2026Q4 FY25 | $0.16 | −$0.11 | −168.8% | $48.9M | $18.8M | −61.6% | −20.60% |
| Nov 4, 2025Q3 FY25 | $0.29 | $0.01 | −96.6% | $59.4M | $19.7M | −66.8% | +4.76% |
Financial highlights
| 12 quarters | Q1 FY25 | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.8M | $18.7M | $19.7M | $18.8M | $19.4M | $25.7M | |
| Gross profit | $3.0M | $4.8M | $5.8M | $3.4M | $2.7M | $5.5M | |
| Operating income | −$1.8M | −$1.6M | −$412.0K | −$3.1M | −$2.4M | −$262.0K | |
| Net income | −$2.3M | $6.3M | −$2.1M | −$1.0M | −$2.0M | $670.0K | |
| Diluted EPS | −$0.23 | $0.64 | −$0.22 | −$0.11 | −$0.21 | $0.07 | |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 25.9% | 29.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% | 21.6% | |
| Operating margin | -10.1% | -8.5% | -2.1% | -16.6% | -12.2% | -1.0% |
Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $334.7M · FY22 $360.6M · FY23 $193.2M · FY24 $133.0M · FY25 $74.9M
Revenue by product · FY24
Revenue by geography · Q1 FY26
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $28.1M · Total debt $13.8M · Total assets $106.3M · Shareholders' equity $79.6M
Dividends
No dividends on record.
Ownership
Shares outstanding 9.04M · Float 7.02M · 77.7% free float
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Shares | % outstanding | Form | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley L. Radoff | 1.00M | 9.90% | 13G | Sep 20, 2024 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 510.5K | 5.65% | 13F | May 13, 2026 |
| Mink Brook Partners LP | 500.8K | 5.40% | 13G | Apr 6, 2026 |
| Pinnacle Family Office Investments, L.P., a Texas limited partnership | 500.0K | 5.28% | 13G | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Christopher Gerald Hutter · director | 394.8K | 4.37% | Form 4 | Jun 10, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Aldo John Jr Mazzaferro | director | −1,500 | $14.10 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | John Bryan Kitchen | officer: Chief Executive Officer | +7,595 | $12.98 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Anthony X. Pan | other: VP, Sales & Bus. Development | +3,400 | $13.30 |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Christopher Gerald Hutter | director | −47,935 | $12.25 |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Christopher Gerald Hutter | director | −40,000 | $12.38 |
Peers
- Stepan
Leading surfactants and CASE-polyols rival
- Innospec
Performance-chemical and oilfield additive rival
- Quaker Houghton
Industrial process-fluid and lubricant competitor
- Ashland
Additives and specialty-ingredients peer
- Hawkins
Water-treatment and custom-blending specialty peer
- H.B. Fuller
Adhesives, sealants, and packaging-chemistry rival
- Avient
Polymer additives and flame-retardant competitor
CompareAfter-hours close
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent Industries | $15.43 | 0.00% | $139.5M | — | — | 1.7 | +37.6% |
| Stepan | $62.65 | 0.00% | $1.42B | — | 19.1 | 0.6 | +15.0% |
| Innospec | $95.38 | −0.01% | $2.35B | 19.5 | 16.7 | 1.3 | +11.8% |
| Quaker Houghton | $165.91 | −0.11% | $2.87B | 29.5 | 19.4 | 1.5 | +10.2% |
| Ashland | $74.37 | −0.03% | $3.41B | 65.8 | 17.7 | 1.8 | +7.3% |
| Hawkins | $120.35 | +0.10% | $2.51B | 31.2 | 28.6 | 2.3 | +7.6% |
| H.B. Fuller | $56.35 | −0.02% | $3.03B | 16.7 | 11.0 | 0.9 | +5.8% |
| Avient | $44.67 | −0.02% | $4.10B | 24.1 | 13.7 | 1.2 | +5.8% |
| Median | 26.8 | 17.7 | 1.3 | +7.6% |