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NASDAQ · CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS · MID CAP

Ascent Industries Co. ACNT

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

Revenue

$74.9M

▼ 7.2% YoY

Net income

$867,000

Free cash flow

$-2.1M

▼ 115.2% YoY

In brief

What this company does

Ascent Industries Co. is a specialty chemicals platform delivering differentiated, performance-driven chemical solutions to a diverse set of end markets. Ascent operates three production facilities located in Cleveland, Tennessee; Fountain Inn, South Carolina; and Danville, Virginia. The company's core product portfolio includes surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, and specialty intermediates, offered in both petroleum-based and bio-based formulations. The company has one reportable segment, Specialty Chemicals, and was incorporated in 1958 as the successor to a chemical manufacturing business founded in 1945 known as Blackman Uhler Industries, Inc. As of December 31, 2025, the company employed 198 individuals, of which 197 were full-time employees. The company's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "ACNT".

Written from the business description in Ascent Industries Co.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 3 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 74.9M

Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below

Revenue $M Net income $M

FY2025 · Revenue 74.9 · Net income 0.9

Compound annual growth

Revenue

−34.1%

−21.8%

−8.2%

−4.6%

Net income

−66.0%

−9.7%

EPS, diluted

−65.1%

−12.3%

Returned to shareholders

+95.5%

+68.9%

+9.8%

+7.0%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −21.8% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

1 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating -9.4% · Net 1.2%

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 1.0%

Gross margin23.0%

Operating margin-9.4%

Net margin1.2%

Return on assets0.7%

EBITDAUSD -5.9M

Each USD of equity produced 1 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 8.7M

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Free cash flow $M

FY2025 · FCF -2.1

Net buybacks $M Dividends $M

FY2025 · Dividends — · Net buybacks 8.7

Dividends paid—

Net buybacksUSD 8.7M

Share of profit1006.0%

Consecutive raises1 years

USD 8.7M in buybacks — 1006% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Total assetsUSD 111.9M

EquityUSD 87.0M

CashUSD 57.6M

Current ratio6.72×

Equity funds 78% of total assets.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative

Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Revenue $B	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Operating income $B	−0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
EBITDA $B	−0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Income tax $B	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Net income $B	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Free cash flow $B	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.0	−0.0	−0.0	−0.0	0.0
EPS, diluted $	0.09	−1.35	−2.63	2.12	2.14	−2.98	−0.34	·	·	·	·	·	0.25	0.66	0.91	0.64	0.03
Dividend / sh $	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.13	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.50	0.10
Payout %	·	·	·	·	·	·	−0	17	86	−0	−23	48	128	38	27	78	·
ROE %	1.0	−13.5	−22.0	18.0	21.1	−29.2	−2.9	13.6	1.5	−7.7	−11.3	5.1	2.0	6.0	8.8	6.4	0.3
Shares out B	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 67 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 28 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures

ActivityChemicals & Allied Products

Listed onNASDAQ

Incorporated inDelaware

Fiscal year endsDecember 31

SEC categorysmaller reporting company

Data on record since2009