ASTE vs PAXS 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.

PIMCO Access Income Fund is a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. The fund seeks current income as an objective and capital appreciation as a secondary objective. It achieves the investment objectives by utilizing a dynamic asset allocation among multiple sectors in the public and private credit markets, including corporate debt.