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Astrotech Corporation

$ASTC·$16M·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$7.83+3.9%YTD+106.9%1Y+31.6%
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2026-07-10: 6 posts2026-07-11: 2 posts2026-07-12: 1 posts2026-07-13: 8 posts2026-07-14: 4 posts2026-07-15: 4 posts2026-07-16: 7 posts33+14%
Price updated 11m ago·X counts updated 18h ago
ASASTC
$ASTCAstrotech Corporation
$7.83+3.93%33 posts+14%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ASTC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Broken storySelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Micro-cap space name under investor-lawsuit overhang with no catalyst path.

Astrotech is a micro-cap in the mass-spectrometry space now carrying multiple shareholder-rights investigation notices from plaintiff firms, a pattern that typically follows a disclosure or reporting problem rather than a business inflection.

  • Revenue remains negligible and cash burn is chronic, so any prolonged legal or reporting overhang materially increases the odds of another dilutive raise below the current price.
  • There is no scheduled earnings date on file, which itself is unusual and consistent with the type of reporting friction that draws investigation notices in the first place.
  • With no near-term catalyst, no analyst coverage of substance, and a solvency-tinged setup, the stock is likely to be driven by capital-structure events rather than operating milestones.

Watch for an 8-K acknowledging the legal notices, any capital-raise filing, and clarification on the reporting timeline.

What to watch: Any 8-K addressing the investigation notices, capital-raise filings, and reinstatement of a normal reporting cadence.

On the calendar: No scheduled reporting date confirmed.

next earnings missing

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-06

Astrotech chatter is thin but consistently bullish — a low-float space name that ran 2,500%+ in late May, appearing on the top of a 7.2x relative-volume scanner. Traders are watching an A+ swing setup with an order in near $13.69 and describing intraday absorption of supply above a $12.50 bid. The broader space-stock sector rebound is the frame.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Small science-tech company commercializing mass-spectrometry detection for security, agriculture, and space applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ASTC.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.

What this means for $ASTC

Neutral — Small science-tech company commercializing mass-spectrometry detection for security, agriculture, and space applications; this business's revenue is largely decoupled from the defense budget expansion and space commercialization.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+7.1%YTD
+18.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-4.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-94.5%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-13.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-25.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
58.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-81.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-88.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 13, 2026$-2.25——
Q4 2025Feb 13, 2026$-2.34——
Q3 2025Nov 13, 2025$-2.07——
Q2 2025Sep 25, 2025$-1.75——

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$343K-35.8%-67.6%-1007%$-2.25$-3.7M
Q2 FY26$148K-43.3%-193%-2636%$-2.34$-4.0M
Q1 FY26$297K+773.5%-38.4%-1191%$-2.07$-4.4M
Q4 FY25$220K+197.3%-117%-1326%$-1.76$-2.7M

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.8%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-45.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+24.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 1.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β4.785-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 4 other (4 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

S-3Shelf registrationJun 30S-3
AI summary

Astrotech Corporation filed a shelf registration (Form S-3) for a delayed or continuous offering under Rule 415. Non-accelerated filer classified as a smaller reporting company. Routine shelf setup enabling future equity or debt issuances without filing a new registration for each transaction. No immediate capital raise was announced.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 38-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
AI summary

ASTC (ASTC) disclosed a material definitive agreement under Item 1.01, reporting a merger or acquisition transaction involving growth company as defined in Rule. The deal is valued at approximately $0. Details of the transaction terms, consideration structure, and closing conditions are set forth in the full 8-K filing. Definitive merger agreements are among the most material events a public company can disclose, triggering regulatory review and shareholder vote requirements.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jun 3424B5
AI summary

ASTC (ASTC) filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement related to an at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program. The program allows the company to sell up to $75.0 million of common shares over time through a sales agent into the market at prevailing prices. with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities acts as sales agent. ATM programs provide flexible, dilution-minimized capital access without a traditional underwritten deal, typically used for growth capital or balance sheet management.

S-3Shelf registrationJan 28S-3
+ 10 other (2 EFFECTs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 13G) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Johnson Fistel Investigates Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) on Behalf of Investorsglobenewswire.com·2d agoRobbins LLP Reminds Astrotech Corporation (ASTC) Investors of Ongoing Investigationbusinesswire.com·8d agoJohnson Fistel Investigates Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) on Behalf of Investorsglobenewswire.com·9d agoInvestors of Astrotech Corporation Should Contact Robbins LLP for Information About its Investigation of ASTCglobenewswire.com·10d agoJohnson Fistel Investigates Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) on Behalf of Investorsglobenewswire.com·11d ago

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Voices on X · last 7 days

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