Ascent Industries

NMQ:ACNT · US8715651076

ChemicalsSmall

360

Medium confidence — indicative

Value41

Profit price15

Cash yield28

Owner Earnings Yield55

Dividend Yield1

Sales & asset price48

Price/Sales46

EV / Gross Profit38

Price/Book59

Quality40

Returns on capital30

Return on Capital10

Cash Return on Capital60

Return on Equity20

Profit margins25

EBIT Margin10

Gross Profitability40

Cash backing51

Cash Conversion1

Accruals100

Owner Earnings Margin53

Growth—

Sales growth71

Profit growth93

Reinvestment48

Price momentum35

Safety45

Debt load93

Debt serviceability80

Refinancing59

Debt Payback100

Liquidity1

Sentiment57

Analyst ratings—

Expectations trend—

Market mood17

Value Creation8/20creating some value

Creates more value than its capital costs
Owner earnings growing
Owner earnings per share growing
Reinvests at strong returns
Solid earnings base

What this means

Ascent Industries clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA

IndustryChemicals

SizeSmall

TypePublic Company

ExchangeNASDAQGM

Founded1958

Employees25

Websiteascentco.com

ISINUS8715651076

Last UpdateApr 2, 2026

Indices

NASDAQ (USA)

Themes

Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S)Water PurificationInjection MoldingPollution ControlInformation TechnologyRobotics

Description

Ascent Industries Co. develops, manufactures, and supplies specialty chemical solutions to a diverse set of end markets. The company operates three production facilities located in Cleveland, Tennessee; Fountain Inn, South Carolina; and Danville, Vi…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Ascent Industries Co. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 35.1×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is mixed; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250

20232026

All-time high

Jan 2023

All-time low

Mar 2026

Average rank

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023

Price/Sales

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Price/Earnings

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Price/Book

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Dividend Yield

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Value (overall)

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Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100

Value

1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100

Quality

1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100

Growth

1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100

Safety

1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100

Sentiment

1 · SkepticismPositive· 100

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