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ASTE vs CAT
Side-by-side comparison of Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE) and Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ASTE and CAT operate in Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- CAT is the larger of the two at $416.54B, about 360.7x ASTE ($1.15B).
- Over the past year, ASTE is up 23.5% and CAT is up 152.5% - CAT leads by 129.0 points.
- ASTE has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for CAT).
- CAT has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 3 for ASTE).
- Company
- Astec Industries Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Price
- $50.16-2.78%
- $903.99-3.86%
- Market cap
- $1.15B
- $416.54B
- 1M return
- -6.10%
- -2.47%
- 1Y return
- +23.50%
- +152.49%
- Industry
- Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks
- Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 1986
- News (4w)
- 17
- 3
- Recent ratings
- 3
- 25
Astec Industries Inc.
Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets equipment and components used primarily in road building and related construction activities in the United States and internationally. The company's Infrastructure Solutions segment designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets asphalt plants and related components, heaters, concrete dust control systems, asphalt pavers, vaporizers, concrete material handling systems, screeds, heat recovery units, paste back-fill plants, asphalt storage tanks, hot oil heaters, bagging plants, fuel storage tanks, industrial and asphalt burners and systems, custom batch plants, material transfer vehicles, soil stabilizing-reclaiming machinery, blower trucks and trailers, milling machines, soil remediation plants, wood chippers and grinders, pump trailers, concrete batch plants, control systems, liquid terminals, storage equipment and related parts, construction and retrofits, polymer plants, and concrete mixers, as well as offers engineering and environmental permitting services. This segment offers its products to asphalt producers, highway and heavy equipment contractors, ready mix concrete producers, contractors in the construction and demolition recycling markets, and governmental agencies. Its Materials Solutions segment designs and manufactures crushing equipment, track-mounted systems, bulk material handling solutions, vibrating equipment, screening equipment, electrical control centers, modular relocatable stationary plants, conveying equipment, plant automation products, mobile portable plants, and mineral processing equipment, as well as provides consulting and engineering services. The company has a strategic partnership with CarbonCure Technologies Inc. to offer solution for concrete production. Astec Industries, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, cold planers, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; backhoe, compact track, multi-terrain, skid steer, and track-type loaders; forestry and wheel excavators; and site prep and track-type tractors. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, and select work tools. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines and integrated systems for the power generation, marine, oil, and gas industries; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; remanufactured reciprocating engines and components; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management, as well as other equipment-related loans. Its All Other Operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions; portfolio management; brand management and marketing strategy; and digital investments services. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
Latest ASTE
- Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTE) to Participate in Wells Fargo Industrials and Materials Conference on June 9, 2026
- Director Winford James Murphy Jr was granted 6 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.06% to 10,514 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Shannon Patrick S was granted 15 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.15% to 9,781 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Jackson Jeffrey T was granted 21 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.18% to 11,909 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Knoll Linda I. was granted 6 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.04% to 14,495 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Jain Nalin was granted 6 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.05% to 12,932 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Howell Mary L was granted 6 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.03% to 20,231 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Gliebe Mark Joseph was granted 6 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.05% to 12,918 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Merwe Jaco Van Der was granted 121 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.11% to 113,237 units (SEC Form 4)
- GROUP PRESIDENT Norris Michael Paul was granted 20 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.09% to 22,425 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest CAT
- SEC Form 4 filed by Chief Executive Officer Creed Joseph E
- SEC Form 4 filed by Chief Financial Officer Epley Kyle Joseph
- SEC Form SD filed by Caterpillar Inc.
- Group President Johnson Denise C exercised 16,078 shares at a strike of $196.70, covered exercise/tax liability with 3,473 shares and sold $11,444,170 worth of shares (12,605 units at $907.91) (SEC Form 4)
- Group President Johnson Denise C exercised 7,900 shares at a strike of $196.70, covered exercise/tax liability with 1,704 shares and sold $5,637,081 worth of shares (6,196 units at $909.79) (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Accounting Officer Schaupp William E sold $326,160 worth of shares (360 units at $906.00), decreasing direct ownership by 40% to 530 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Caterpillar Inc.
- Chief Executive Officer Creed Joseph E covered exercise/tax liability with 574 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 34,507 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Chief Human Resources Officer Pambianchi Christine M covered exercise/tax liability with 224 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 3,083 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Group President Fassino Anthony D. exercised 21,403 shares at a strike of $219.76, covered exercise/tax liability with 5,120 shares and sold $14,928,266 worth of shares (16,283 units at $916.80) (SEC Form 4)