ASTE vs IGR 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.

CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund is a United States-based diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary objective is high current income, and its secondary objective is capital appreciation. The fund invests a majority of its total assets in income-producing real estate securities, which includes common stocks, preferred securities, warrants, and convertible securities issued by real estate companies, such as real estate investment trusts. Under normal market conditions, it invests in real estate equity securities of companies domiciled predominantly in developed countries.