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KAI

Stock
Industrials
Specialty Industrial Machinery

Performance overview

KAI Price
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Forward-looking statistics

Beta
0.96
Risk
30.64%

Detailed forecast

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Individual forecast components (weighted-sum)

Company Profile

Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries. The company's three reportable segments are the Flow Control segment which consists of the fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines; the Industrial Processing segment which consists of the wood processing and stock-preparation product lines; and Material handling systems, which provides conveyor-belt equipment for industries such as mining, food processing, and packaging. The company has a geographic presence with sizable revenue from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Canada.

Company info

SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery
Employees2K
Market cap$3.2B

Fundamentals

Enterprise value$3.9B
Revenue$1.0B
Revenue per employee—
Profit margin10.63%
Debt to equity31.23

Security info

ExchangeNyse American
Type of shareCommon Stock
Earnings per share (EPS)$9.43
Dividend per share$1.36
Revenue per share$88.83
Avg trading volume (30 day)$38M
Avg trading volume (10 day)$39M
Put-call ratio—

Macro factor sensitivity

Growth+1.8
Credit+3.3
Liquidity+0.3
Inflation-1.5
Commodities-0.5
Interest Rates-2.2

Valuation

Dividend yield0.41%
PEG Ratio31.18
Price to sales3.72
P/E Ratio31.18
Enterprise Value to Revenue3.77
Price to book4.43

Upcoming events

Next earnings dayApril 30, 2025
Next dividend day—
Ex. dividend dayJuly 10, 2025

News

Kadant (KAI) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates

Kadant (KAI) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.10 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.97 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.38 per share a year ago.

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