ASTE vs DLY Comparison

Astec Industries Inc designs and manufactures equipment and components used in road construction and other development activities. Its products are used through the entire process of building roads, from mining and crushing materials to creating the road surface. The company manufactures a line of plants, pavers, vehicles, and machines to mix and transform materials into construction components. It has two operating segments: infrastructure solutions generating maximum revenue and materials solutions. The majority of sales are derived from the United States. Its customers are asphalt producers, highway and heavy equipment contractors, ready mix concrete producers, demolition recycling markets, sand and gravel producers, open mine operators, quarry operators, and others.

DoubleLine Yield Opportunities Fund is a diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of total return, with an emphasis on current income. The company invests in debt securities and other income-producing investments of issuers anywhere in the world, including in emerging markets, and may invest in investments of any credit quality. Its investment portfolio comprises foreign corporate bonds, foreign government bonds, non-agency commercial mortgage-backed obligations, U.S. corporate bonds, collateralized loan obligations, and bank loans among other securities.