Company: ASTE
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000792987-25-000013
Chunk: 213

Company: ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 213
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 experienced in 2022 and 2023. We anticipate that steel prices will increase during 2025, including as a result of the tariffs on all steel imports recently imposed by the Trump administration and other trade policies implemented by the U.S. and foreign governments. We anticipate that steel demand will increase in 2025 driven by a global focus on construction projects. We continue to employ flexible strategies to ensure supply and minimize the impact of price volatility. Potential ongoing constraints in the supply of certain steel products may continue pressuring the availability of other components used in our manufacturing process. Furthermore, given the volatility of steel prices and the nature of our customers' orders, we may not be able to pass through all increases in steel costs to our customers, which negatively impacts our gross profit and margins.

New or ongoing geopolitical conflicts may cause a downturn in the construction industries in which we operate, cause an increase in oil prices, damage a significant portion of our inventory or materially impair our ability to distribute our products to customers. We monitor, adjust and potentially cease our operations in affected jurisdictions to ensure compliance with any governmental actions made in response to such conflicts. 

Whenever possible, we attempt to cover increased costs of production by adjusting the prices of our products. The markets we serve are competitive in nature, and competition limits our ability to pass through cost increases in many cases.

Results of Operations: 2024 vs. 2023

Net Sales

Net sales decreased $33.1 million, or 2.5%, to $1,305.1 million in 2024 from $1,338.2 million in 2023. The decrease in net sales was primarily driven by net unfavorable volume and mix partially offset by favorable pricing that generated decreases in equipment sales of $21.8 million and service and equipment installation revenue of $21.1 million. These decreases were partially offset by increased parts and component sales of $7.5 million and increased other revenue of $4.0 million. Sales reported by our foreign subsidiaries in U.S. dollars for 2024 would have been $2.8 million higher had foreign exchange rates been the same as the 2023 rates.

Domestic sales for 2024 were $1,015.4 million, or 77.8% of net sales, compared to $1,083.4 million, or 81.0% of net sales, for 2023, a decrease of $68.0 million, or 6.3%. Domestic sales decreased primarily due to decreases in equipment