ASTRONOVA INC(NASDAQ:ALOT) stock Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental Rating

Overall ALOT gets a fundamental rating of 3 out of 10. We evaluated ALOT against 32 industry peers in the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals industry. ALOT has a medium profitability rating, but doesn't score so well on its financial health evaluation. ALOT has a expensive valuation and it also scores bad on growth.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

ALOT had positive earnings in the past year.

ALOT had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.

ALOT had positive earnings in 4 of the past 5 years.

ALOT had a positive operating cash flow in 4 of the past 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

ALOT has a Return On Assets of -9.95%. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: ALOT outperforms 43.75% of its industry peers.

ALOT has a Return On Equity (-19.13%) which is in line with its industry peers.

ALOT has a Return On Invested Capital of 3.82%. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: ALOT outperforms 56.25% of its industry peers.

The Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years for ALOT is significantly below the industry average of 16.87%.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-9.95%
ROE	-19.13%
ROIC	3.82%

ROA(3y)-1.5%

ROA(5y)0.44%

ROE(3y)-3.58%

ROE(5y)-0.22%

ROIC(3y)5.22%

ROIC(5y)4.21%

1.3 Margins

ALOT's Operating Margin of 3.94% is in line compared to the rest of the industry. ALOT outperforms 53.13% of its industry peers.

ALOT's Operating Margin has improved in the last couple of years.

Looking at the Gross Margin, with a value of 34.87%, ALOT is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 65.63% of the companies in the same industry.

In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of ALOT has remained more or less at the same level.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	3.94%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	34.87%

OM growth 3Y3.31%

OM growth 5Y16.98%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-2.13%

GM growth 5Y-0.96%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

With a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) below the Cost of Capital (WACC), ALOT is destroying value.

ALOT has more shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.

The number of shares outstanding for ALOT has been increased compared to 5 years ago.

The debt/assets ratio for ALOT is higher compared to a year ago.

2.2 Solvency

ALOT has an Altman-Z score of 2.50. This is not the best score and indicates that ALOT is in the grey zone with still only limited risk for bankruptcy at the moment.

ALOT has a Altman-Z score of 2.50. This is in the better half of the industry: ALOT outperforms 62.50% of its industry peers.

ALOT has a debt to FCF ratio of 12.67. This is a negative value and a sign of low solvency as ALOT would need 12.67 years to pay back of all of its debts.

ALOT has a Debt to FCF ratio (12.67) which is in line with its industry peers.

ALOT has a Debt/Equity ratio of 0.54. This is a neutral value indicating ALOT is somewhat dependend on debt financing.

ALOT has a Debt to Equity ratio (0.54) which is in line with its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.54
Debt/FCF	12.67
Altman-Z	2.5

ROIC/WACC0.47

WACC8.13%

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 1.68 indicates that ALOT should not have too much problems paying its short term obligations.

Looking at the Current ratio, with a value of 1.68, ALOT is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 62.50% of the companies in the same industry.

A Quick Ratio of 0.65 indicates that ALOT may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

With a Quick ratio value of 0.65, ALOT is not doing good in the industry: 71.88% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	1.68
Quick Ratio	0.65

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

ALOT shows a strong negative growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year the EPS decreased by -411.42%.

Measured over the past years, ALOT shows a quite strong growth in Earnings Per Share. The EPS has been growing by 8.76% on average per year.

Looking at the last year, ALOT shows a small growth in Revenue. The Revenue has grown by 2.16% in the last year.

The Revenue has been growing slightly by 2.55% on average over the past years.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-411.42%

EPS 3Y42.88%

EPS 5Y8.76%

EPS Q2Q%-81.82%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)2.16%

Revenue growth 3Y8.79%

Revenue growth 5Y2.55%

Sales Q2Q%-5.63%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

Based on the Price/Earnings ratio of 25.74, the valuation of ALOT can be described as expensive.

ALOT's Price/Earnings ratio is in line with the industry average.

When comparing the Price/Earnings ratio of ALOT to the average of the S&P500 Index (25.82), we can say ALOT is valued inline with the index average.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	25.74
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Based on the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio, ALOT is valued a bit cheaper than the industry average as 75.00% of the companies are valued more expensively.

ALOT's Price/Free Cash Flow ratio is a bit cheaper when compared to the industry. ALOT is cheaper than 68.75% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	18.52
EV/EBITDA	8.29

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)2.94

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

No dividends for ALOT!.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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ASTRONOVA INC

NASDAQ:ALOT (5/23/2025, 9:12:54 PM)

After market: 9 -0.01 (-0.11%)

9.01

-0.1 (-1.1%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorInformation Technology

GICS IndustryGroupTechnology Hardware & Equipment

GICS IndustryTechnology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

Earnings (Last)04-14 2025-04-14/bmo

Earnings (Next)06-05 2025-06-05

Inst Owners53.69%

Inst Owner Change-9.14%

Ins Owners12.14%

Ins Owner Change1.52%

Market Cap68.48M

Analysts43.33

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %0.14%

Short Ratio0.65

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DP0%

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)N/A

PT rev (3m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)N/A

EPS NY rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	25.74
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.45
P/FCF	18.52
P/OCF	14.07
P/B	0.9
P/tB	1.81
EV/EBITDA	8.29

EPS(TTM)0.35

EY3.88%

EPS(NY)N/A

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)0.49

FCFY5.4%

OCF(TTM)0.64

OCFY7.11%

SpS19.98

BVpS10.01

TBVpS4.98

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)2.94

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-9.95%
ROE	-19.13%
ROCE	6.01%
ROIC	3.82%
ROICexc	3.98%
ROICexgc	5.93%
OM	3.94%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	34.87%
FCFM	2.43%

ROA(3y)-1.5%

ROA(5y)0.44%

ROE(3y)-3.58%

ROE(5y)-0.22%

ROIC(3y)5.22%

ROIC(5y)4.21%

ROICexc(3y)5.43%

ROICexc(5y)4.43%

ROICexgc(3y)7.95%

ROICexgc(5y)6.64%

ROCE(3y)7.66%

ROCE(5y)5.99%

ROICexcg growth 3Y2.14%

ROICexcg growth 5Y11.88%

ROICexc growth 3Y3.25%

ROICexc growth 5Y14.64%

OM growth 3Y3.31%

OM growth 5Y16.98%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-2.13%

GM growth 5Y-0.96%

F-Score2

Asset Turnover1.04

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.54
Debt/FCF	12.67
Debt/EBITDA	3.77
Cap/Depr	24.37%
Cap/Sales	0.77%
Interest Coverage	2.21
Cash Conversion	45.13%
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	1.68
Quick Ratio	0.65
Altman-Z	2.5

F-Score2

WACC8.13%

ROIC/WACC0.47

Cap/Depr(3y)16.92%

Cap/Depr(5y)27.83%

Cap/Sales(3y)0.51%

Cap/Sales(5y)1.06%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-411.42%

EPS 3Y42.88%

EPS 5Y8.76%

EPS Q2Q%-81.82%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)2.16%

Revenue growth 3Y8.79%

Revenue growth 5Y2.55%

Sales Q2Q%-5.63%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-50.6%

EBIT growth 3Y12.39%

EBIT growth 5Y19.96%

EBIT Next YearN/A

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y-67.92%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5Y64.05%

OCF growth 1Y-60.76%

OCF growth 3Y51.65%

OCF growth 5Y8.53%

ASTRONOVA INC (ALOT) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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