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Is Ascent Industries Co (ACNT) a buy or sell?
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Consensus target for Ascent Industries Co is $18.00, which is $1.740 (10.70%) above the current price today's price.
Low target: $18.00 | High target: $18.00
Company snapshot
A quick overview of the business and its public profile.
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 stainlesssteel tubes for supply to the automotive commercial transportation marine food services construction furniture healthcare and other industries provides fiberglass and steel storage tanks for the oil and gas waste water treatment and municipal water industries and distributes hot finish seamless carbon steel pipes and tubes for use in mechanical and highpressure applications in the oil and gas heavy industrial construction equipment and chemical and other industries In addition it produces defoamers surfactants and lubricating agents for end users including companies that supply agrochemical paper metal working coatings water treatment paint mining oil and gas and janitorial and other applications Further the company provides contract manufacturing services as well as operates as a multipurpose plant to process various difficult to handle materials including flammable solvents viscous liquids and granular solids The company was formerly known as Synalloy Corporation and changed its name to Ascent Industries Co in August 2022 Ascent Industries Co was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Oak Brook Illinois
Website: https://www.ascentco.com
Rates and inflation backdrop
US inflation for September 2025 was 0.31%. Over the last 12 months, inflation is 3.02%. The 10-year yield is 4.12 and is down -0.1000 over the last 30 days.
Inflation sensitivity
Debt ratio: 0.18. Cash flow to debt ratio: 0.37. Net profit margin: 0.85%. Inflation risk score: low (0.50/1).
Dividend history check
Yes, Ascent Industries Co pays dividends. Last payment was 2018-12-12 for holders on 2018-11-29. Over 62 payments between 1989 and 2018, total $7.02 with an average of $0.113 per share. Last dividend was $0.250.
Trading liquidity
No, the average daily trading liquidity for Ascent Industries Co is $961,726. Trading in stocks with this little trading liquidity is very dangerous, and you can get into a situation where it will be hard to trade your stocks. In addition, these types of stocks usually have very high volatility.
10-year return check
On Ascent Industries Co, 2015-12-31 had a stock price of $6.88. If you invested back then, your return now would be a profit of $9.67 per share or 140.55%.
Why this answer
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Analyst consensus
How Wall Street targets compare to today's price.