ASTC Stock — Astrotech Corp

Astrotech Corp (ASTC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ASTC is a Stock. Total return is -100.0% over the past 30.8 years, 2124.6 points behind SPY at 2024.6%.

Astrotech Corporation develops and licenses mass spectrometry technology platforms for applications including explosive trace detection at security checkpoints, cannabis and hemp analysis, breath analysis screening, soil and water contamination detection, and related industrial uses. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders. This security may appeal to investors seeking exposure to specialized analytical instrumentation technology rather than current income.

ASTC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -100.0% over the past 30.8 years, 2124.6 points behind SPY at 2024.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 21.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 90.1%.

ASTC key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/21/1995

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$4.93 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$10,356,274

Average volume

52145.0

Payment date

10/16/2017

Beta

4.915

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

10.2145

EPS

$-8.49

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ASTC risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 90.1%.

Who may consider ASTC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ASTC does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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