Forensic Analysis · Materials / Mining & Chemicals · as of Aug 11, 2026

Advansix Inc. (ASIX)

A forensic read on Advansix Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

2.2

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

42.8

P / E (ttm)

6.0%

ROE

$446M

Market cap

3.18%

Dividend yield

0.3%

Revenue growth

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Advansix Inc. earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.2, placing it in the Grey zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

3.8%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 3.8% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 16% — well below its ~8% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

293% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $19M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 293% of free cash flow, but 15% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow, with the gap funded by debt or cash reserves rather than the cash the business itself throws off; the payout itself is still covered by operating cash. Counting the $7M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 400%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.52B

Revenue Growth YoY+0.3%

Net Margin3.2%

Free Cash Flow$6.4M

Return on Equity6.0%

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.