AstroNova Inc chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 16.78
Dividend & YieldN/A$ (N/A)
Beta 0.69
Market capitalization 84.49M
Operating cash flow -7.92M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

AstroNova, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes specialty printers, and data acquisition and analysis systems in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Central and South America, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Product Identification (PI) and Test & Measurement (T&M). The PI segment offers tabletop and production-ready digital color label printers, and OEM printing systems under the QuickLabel brand; digital color label mini-presses and inline printing systems under the TrojanLabel brand; and label materials, tags, inks, toners, and thermal transfer ribbons under the GetLabels brand. This segment also develops and licenses various specialized software programs to design and manage labels and print images; and provides training and support. This segment serves chemicals, cosmetics, food and beverage, medical products, pharmaceuticals, and other industries; and brand owners, label converters, commercial printers, and packaging manufacturers. The T&M segment offers airborne printing solutions, such as ToughWriter used to print hard copies of navigation maps, arrival and departure procedures, flight itineraries, weather maps, performance data, passenger data, and various air traffic control data; ToughSwitch, an ethernet switches used to connect multiple computers or Ethernet devices; TMX data acquisition systems; Daxus DXS-100 distributed data acquisition platform; SmartCorder DDX100 portable data acquisition systems for facility maintenance and field testing; and Everest EV-500, a digital strip chart recording system used primarily in telemetry applications. This segment serves aerospace and defense, automotive, commercial airline, energy, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was formerly known as Astro-Med, Inc. and changed its name to AstroNova, Inc. in May 2016. AstroNova, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Sector: Technology - Industry: Computer Hardware

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.46
Working Capital0.15
Return On Equity0.08
Debt To Equity0.1
Fixed Asset Ratio0.2
Fixed Interest Cover1.71

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-01-31 2020-01-31 2021-01-31 2022-01-31
Change To Liabilities -2.34M -2.73M -57k 4.05M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -1.53M -2.91M -2.59M -1.8M
Net Borrowings -3.63M -208k -2.54M -3.33M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -6.11M -3.74M -5.14M -5.56M
Change To Operating Activities -318k -156k -970k -4.21M
Issuance Of Stock 1.31M 782k 104k 156k
Net Income 5.73M 1.76M 1.28M 6.43M
Change In Cash -2.64M -3.29M 7.19M -6.16M
Effect Of Exchange Rate -3k 139k -627k -205k
Total Cash From Operating Activities 5M 3.22M 15.54M 1.39M
Depreciation 6.15M 6.28M 5.98M 3.99M
Change To Account Receivables -1.49M 3.59M 2.7M 77k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -1.62M -1.88M -2.1M -2M
Change To Netincome 248k 137k 798k -2.07M
Capital Expenditures -3.04M -2.91M -2.59M -1.8M

Income Statement 2019-01-31 2020-01-31 2021-01-31 2022-01-31
Research Development 7.81M 8.08M 6.21M 7.05M
Income Before Tax 7.31M 1.37M 2.18M 7.03M
Net Income 5.73M 1.76M 1.28M 6.43M
Selling General Administrative 37.47M 38.24M 32.72M 33.83M
Gross Profit 54M 48.76M 41.36M 42.04M
Ebit 8.72M 2.43M 2.43M 1.16M
Operating Income 8.72M 2.43M 2.43M 1.16M
Interest Expense -731k -682k -955k -677k
Income Tax Expense 1.58M -389k 895k 605k
Total Revenue 136.66M 133.45M 116.03M 117.48M
Cost Of Revenue 82.66M 84.69M 74.67M 75.44M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -1.41M -1.06M -254k 5.88M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 5.73M 1.76M 1.28M 6.43M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 5.73M 1.76M 1.28M 6.43M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-01-31 2020-01-31 2021-01-31 2022-01-31
Total Liabilities 49.21M 45.29M 40.79M 33.94M
Total Stockholder Equity 69.78M 71.38M 74.68M 81.01M
Other Current Liabilities 1.76M 1.32M 1.67M 1.42M
Total Assets 118.98M 116.66M 115.47M 114.95M
Common Stock 511k 517k 521k 528k
Other Current Assets 109k 59k 100k
Retained Earnings 49.51M 49.3M 50.09M 56.51M
Treasury Stock -33.81M -34.57M -33.97M -35.72M
Cash 7.53M 4.25M 11.44M 5.28M
Total Current Liabilities 24.66M 26.77M 20.97M 20.04M
Other Stockholder Equity -818k -1.09M -384k -1.75M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 10.38M 12.93M 13.4M 12.54M
Total Current Assets 62.61M 60.15M 60.72M 63.78M
Net Tangible Assets 27.77M 33.96M 40.38M 49.66M
Net Receivables 23.49M 19.78M 17.41M 20.26M
Accounts Payable 5.96M 4.41M 5.73M 8.59M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to AstroNova Inc:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
WOODS GREGORY AConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 7.91 per share.D2022-08-29Chief Executive Officer25k
QUAIN MITCHELL IStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-14Director5.29k
WARZALA RICHARD SStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-14Director5.29k
SCHLAEPPI YVONNE E.Stock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-14Director5.29k
MICHAS ALEXIS PStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-06-14Director5.29k
SCHOFIELD HAROLDConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 8.08 per share.D2022-04-13Director5k
SMITH DAVID SD2022-04-07Chief Financial Officer1.96k
PETRARCA STEPHEN MD2022-04-07Officer521
NATALIZIA MICHAEL JD2022-04-07Chief Technology Officer723
WOODS GREGORY AD2022-04-07Chief Executive Officer5.73k
CARLL THOMAS WAYNED2022-04-07Officer616
SMITH DAVID SD2022-03-25Chief Financial Officer2.96k
PETRARCA STEPHEN MD2022-03-25Officer1.05k
NATALIZIA MICHAEL JD2022-03-25Chief Technology Officer1.56k
WOODS GREGORY AD2022-03-25Chief Executive Officer8.67k
CARLL THOMAS WAYNED2022-03-25Officer1.33k
SMITH DAVID SD2022-03-18Chief Financial Officer1.3k
PETRARCA STEPHEN MD2022-03-18Officer466
NATALIZIA MICHAEL JD2022-03-18Chief Technology Officer693
WOODS GREGORY AD2022-03-18Chief Executive Officer3.84k
CARLL THOMAS WAYNED2022-03-18Officer584
PETRARCA STEPHEN MConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 8.35 per share.D2022-03-10Officer844
SMITH DAVID SD2022-01-21Chief Financial Officer3.75k
QUAIN MITCHELL IPurchase at price 13.80 - 13.90 per share.D2021-12-16Director3.79k
QUAIN MITCHELL IPurchase at price 13.51 - 13.92 per share.D2021-06-28Director4k
QUAIN MITCHELL IStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-08Director4.08k
WARZALA RICHARD SStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-08Director4.08k
BUA JEAN AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-08Director4.08k
SCHOFIELD HAROLDStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-08Director4.08k
SCHLAEPPI YVONNE E.Stock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-06-08Director4.08k
SMITH DAVID SD2021-06-04Chief Financial Officer3.49k
PETRARCA STEPHEN MD2021-06-04Officer2.11k
NATALIZIA MICHAEL JD2021-06-04Chief Technology Officer3.55k
WOODS GREGORY AD2021-06-04Chief Executive Officer8.96k
CARLL THOMAS WAYNED2021-06-04Officer3.58k
SMITH DAVID SD2021-03-26Chief Financial Officer2.96k
PETRARCA STEPHEN MD2021-03-26Officer1.05k
NATALIZIA MICHAEL JD2021-03-26Chief Technology Officer1.56k
WOODS GREGORY AD2021-03-26Chief Executive Officer8.67k
CARLL THOMAS WAYNED2021-03-26Officer1.33k
SMITH DAVID SD2021-03-19Chief Financial Officer1.3k
PETRARCA STEPHEN MD2021-03-19Officer993
NATALIZIA MICHAEL JD2021-03-19Chief Technology Officer1.22k
WOODS GREGORY AD2021-03-19Chief Executive Officer8.8k
CARLL THOMAS WAYNED2021-03-19Officer1.11k
SMITH DAVID SD2021-01-22Chief Financial Officer3.75k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to AstroNova Inc. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on AstroNova Inc

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to AstroNova Inc. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to AstroNova Inc:

AstroNova Inc automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 47.24% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

47.24 %

Latent gain

833.76 $

Invested capital

1765.04 $

Annualized return

11.52 %
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Momentum strategy results on AstroNova Inc

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to AstroNova Inc. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on AstroNova Inc:

AstroNova Inc momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 60.11% of return on AstroNova Inc. That represents 2546.08$ of latent gain with 4235.72$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 30.36% of return on AstroNova Inc. That represents 679.89$ of latent gain with 2239.31$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

60.11 %

Latent gain

2546.08 $

Invested capital

4235.72 $

Annualized return

12.35 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

30.36 %

Latent gain

679.89 $

Invested capital

2239.31 $

Annualized return

8.39 %

Momentum equity curve on AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to AstroNova Inc:

AstroNova Inc momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by AstroNova Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on AstroNova Inc since the beginning:

AstroNova Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on AstroNova Inc

Buy the dip entry openings on AstroNova Inc

AstroNova Inc

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on AstroNova Inc is 25.93%. That represents 194.23$ of latent gain with 749.17$ of employed capital. The following chart shows AstroNova Inc stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of AstroNova Inc, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

25.93 %

Latent gain

194.23 $

Invested capital

749.17 $

Annualized return

12.35 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to AstroNova Inc:

AstroNova Inc

Note: the dividends potentially given by AstroNova Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on AstroNova Inc:

AstroNova Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on AstroNova Inc

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to AstroNova Inc.

Equity curve comparison on AstroNova Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

AstroNova Inc investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on AstroNova Inc

AstroNova Inc investment comparison

Performance comparison on AstroNova Inc

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 47.24% 833.76$ 1765.04$ 11.52%
Momentum 1 quarter 60.11% 2546.08$ 4235.72$ 15.57%
Momentum 2 quarters 30.36% 679.89$ 2239.31$ 8.39%
Non-directional 25.93% 194.23$ 749.17$ 12.35%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

11.52 %

Momentum 1Q

8.39 %

Momentum 2Q

8.39 %

Non-directional

12.35 %


Company information

Company name AstroNova Inc
Country United States
City West Warwick
Address 600 East Greenwich Avenue
Phone 401 828 4000
Website www.astronovainc.com
FullTime employees 339
Industry Computer Hardware
Sector Technology
Exchange XNAS
Ticker ALOT
Market www.nasdaq.com

AstroNova Inc ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown