ACNT — Ascent Industries Co

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates ACNT Bullish with a Setup Score of 75, net conviction 40, actionability 142. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score75
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction40
Actionability142 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Ascent Industries Co

Ascent Industries Co. engages in the development, production, and distribution of specialty chemical solutions. It offers surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, and specialty intermediates in petroleum-based and bio-based formulations. The company also provides custom manufacturing services, including product development, process optimization, scale-up, and commercial production. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$13.55
Market Cap$123M
Float7.0M
Shares Outstanding9.0M
P/E (Forward)11.92
Price/Sales (TTM)1.48
vs. Analyst Target+32.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-5.31%
Operating Margin (TTM)-0.34%
Revenue (TTM)$83.5M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-89.10%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$18.00

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $256M -$27.3M $22.7M -$19.3M
2021 $335M $20.2M $60.8M $37.3M
2022 $262M $22.1M $43.3M $23.0M
2023 $193M -$26.6M $1.5M -$29.2M
2024 $178M -$13.6M $22.1M $2.8M
2025 $74.9M -$5.6M $16.9M -$1.4M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $19.7M -$2.1M
Dec 2025 $18.8M -$1.0M
Mar 2026 $19.4M -$2.0M
Jun 2026 $25.7M $670,000

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership8.4%
Institutional Ownership72.2%
Short Float2.6%
% of All Funds Holding0.93%
Number of Funds Holding82

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$14.78Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$14.78Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$13.93Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$11.51Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$14.81Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$14.00Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$11.96Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$13.50 support 1.26x 3 months ago
$13.00 support 1.05x 5 months ago
$17.00 resistance 2.46x 6 months ago
$12.20 support 1.45x 10 months ago
$11.10 support 1.31x 18 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (119 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.23% 0.00% 42.02% 16.72% -19.05%
1 Day -0.47% 0.00% 49.58% 17.24% -28.91%
1 Week -0.46% 0.10% 51.26% 33.51% -28.24%
2 Weeks -0.32% 0.00% 47.90% 27.79% -34.01%
1 Month 0.69% -0.07% 49.15% 57.69% -56.07%

Next earnings: November 3, 2026 (23 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.8%54.3%46
Feb2.9%45.7%46
Mar1.1%60.9%46
Apr5.9%72.3%47
May3.0%57.4%47
Jun-2.3%40.4%47
Jul-1.6%40.4%47
Aug-1.5%42.6%47
Sep-1.5%38.3%47
Oct0.1%41.3%46
Nov1.2%45.7%46
Dec2.4%63.0%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.14% 37.8% 2218
Tuesday 0.09% 40.5% 2407
Wednesday 0.01% 39.9% 2405
Thursday 0.13% 41.5% 2359
Friday 0.24% 41.1% 2343

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 72.2%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 8.4%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings3
Net Value+$98,568.67
Net Shares Change9,495
% of Float0.1%
C-Suite Filings1
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Kitchen John Bryan Chief Executive Officer +$98,568.67 1 1 buy
Pan Anthony X +$45,234.62 1 1 buy
Mazzaferro Aldo John Jr -$21,150 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-18 Kitchen John Bryan Chief Executive Officer +$98,568.67 Transaction at $12.98, now +4.4%
2026-06-29 Mazzaferro Aldo John Jr -$21,150 Transaction at $14.10, now -3.9%
2026-03-09 Pan Anthony X +$45,234.62 Transaction at $13.30, now +1.8%

View full insider transaction history on Trend Edge →

AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for Ascent Industries Co (ACNT) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

AI Consult synthesizes all five layers into a single bullish or bearish thesis with explicit entry, exit, stop loss, and take profit levels — giving you a complete, AI-powered trade plan with defined risk/reward. Whether you are building a long position, initiating a short, or looking for a reversal setup, AI Consult identifies the highest-probability signal from the current trend.

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