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KAI Kadant Inc.

New York Stock Exchange · Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

$334.22
+3.19 (+0.96%)

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems, equipment, and integrated technologies, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate…

Market Cap: $3.95Bwww.kadant.com

Price (90d)

$337.63
$278.63$299.28$319.94$340.59
Apr 30Aug 7

Signal Score (90d)

100
100
Aug 8Aug 8

Quote

Day Range
$331.10 – $337.52
52-Week Range
$244.87 – $354.07
Volume
$57.9K
Market Cap
$3.95B
50-Day Avg
$309.34
200-Day Avg
$307.76
Prev Close
$331.03
Open
$332.01

Valuation & Ratios

P/E Ratio
33.07
EPS
$8.66
P/B Ratio
3.44
P/S Ratio
3.20
Debt/Equity
0.38
Current Ratio
2.14
Dividend Yield
+0.5%
Gross Margin
+45.2%

Returns & Efficiency

Return on Equity
+10.4%
Return on Assets
+6.0%
FCF Yield
+4.6%
EV/EBITDA
17.22

Revenue & Net Income (Annual)

Fiscal YearRevenueNet IncomeEPS
2025$1.05B$101.97M$8.66
2024$1.05B$111.60M$9.51
2023$957.67M$116.07M$9.92
2022$904.74M$120.93M$10.38
2021$786.58M$84.04M$7.26

Social Signal Score

50
5d
30d
50
1 mentions
+5.8%
60d
50
1 mentions
+14.3%
90d
50
1 mentions
+6.2%
news: 1

Earnings

Tue, Nov 3(in 3 months)

Consensus estimate $3.18 per share

7of 7 quarters beat consensus

Typical surprise +16.3% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)

  • Tue, Aug 4$3.42 vs $2.94beat
  • Tue, May 5$2.84 vs $2.11beat
  • Wed, Feb 18$2.27 vs $2.19beat
  • Tue, Oct 28$2.59 vs $2.18beat
  • Tue, Jul 29$2.31 vs $1.94beat
  • Tue, Apr 29$2.10 vs $1.97beat

Estimates and results for KAI via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.

Valuation

Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.

Seeded from KAI's reported EPS growth of 4.5% a year over 4 years.

EPS in 5 years
$10.79
Implied price
$356.19
Return from $334.22
1.3% a year

To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $177.09 -47.0% below today's price.

How sensitive is that answer?

Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.

growth \ P/E2328333843
-5.5%-14.8%-11.4%-8.4%-5.8%-3.4%
-0.5%-10.3%-6.7%-3.6%-0.8%1.7%
4.5%-5.8%-2.0%1.3%4.2%6.8%
9.5%-1.3%2.7%6.1%9.2%11.9%
14.5%3.2%7.4%11.0%14.1%17.0%

This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.

Mentions (1)

  • Newsmarketbeat.com·7d ago·Neutral

    Kadant Q2 Earnings Call Highlights Kadant NYSE: KAI reported record second-quarter revenue, adjusted earnings and EBITDA for 2026, supported by acquisitions, organic growth and continued demand for aftermarket parts and services even as customers delayed some large capital-equipment commitments.

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