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Kadant Inc is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Kadant shares (KAI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Kadant employs 2,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$649.3 million.
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Latest market close | USD$138.16 |
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52-week range | USD$52.2964 - USD$144.83 |
50-day moving average | USD$133.7182 |
200-day moving average | USD$117.5378 |
Wall St. target price | USD$115.5 |
PE ratio | 33.2051 |
Dividend yield | USD$0.96 (0.7%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$4.134 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $138.16 from 2020-12-09
1 week (2021-01-12) | -6.55% |
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1 month (2020-12-18) | -2.35% |
3 months (2020-10-19) | 17.68% |
6 months (2020-07-17) | 19.17% |
1 year (2020-01-17) | 22.81% |
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2 years (2019-01-18) | 60.78% |
3 years (2018-01-19) | 40.76% |
5 years (2016-01-19) | 298.39% |
Valuing Kadant stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Kadant's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Kadant's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 33x. In other words, Kadant shares trade at around 33x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Kadant's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.2291. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Kadant's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Kadant's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$115.7 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Kadant's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$649.3 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 12.99% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$290.2 million |
Return on assets TTM | 5.7% |
Return on equity TTM | 11.1% |
Profit margin | 7.35% |
Book value | $40.049 |
Market capitalisation | USD$1.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 164,256 Kadant shares held short by investors – that's known as Kadant's "short interest". This figure is 5.1% down from 173,073 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Kadant shares can be evaluated.
Kadant's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Kadant shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Kadant shares traded daily (recently around 42775). Kadant's SIR currently stands at 3.84. In other words for every 100,000 Kadant shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3840 shares are currently held short.
However Kadant's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Kadant shares, or, against the total number of tradable Kadant shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Kadant's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Kadant shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0167% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Kadant shares, roughly 17 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Kadant.
Find out more about how you can short Kadant stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 20.13% of net profits
Recently Kadant has paid out, on average, around 20.13% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.7% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Kadant shareholders could enjoy a 0.7% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Kadant's case, that would currently equate to about $0.96 per share.
While Kadant's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Kadant is investing more in its future growth.
Kadant's most recent dividend payout was on 4 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Kadant's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 12 July 2001. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Kadant shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Kadant shares which in turn could have impacted Kadant's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Kadant's shares have ranged in value from as little as $52.2964 up to $144.83. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Kadant's is 1.379. This would suggest that Kadant's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Kadant Inc. supplies equipment and critical components worldwide. The company's Papermaking Systems segment develops, manufactures, and markets custom-engineered stock-preparation systems and equipment for the preparation of wastepaper for conversion into recycled paper and balers, as well as related equipment used in the processing of recyclable and waste materials; and fluid-handling systems and equipment used in industrial piping systems to compensate for movement, as well as to transfer fluid, power, and data. This segment also offers doctoring systems and equipment, and related consumables to enhance the operation of paper machines and other industrial processes; and filtration and cleaning systems for draining, purifying, and recycling process water, as well as cleaning fabrics, belts, and rolls in various process industries. Its Wood Processing Systems segment develops, manufactures, and markets debarkers, stranders, chippers, logging machinery, and related equipment used in the harvesting and production of lumber and oriented strand board, an engineered wood panel product used primarily in home construction. The company's Material Handling Systems segment develops, manufactures, and markets material handling equipment and systems, such as idler rolls, conveyors, vibratory screens, and flow aids to various process industries, including mining, aggregates, food processing, packaging, and pulp and paper industries. It also manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for use as carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, and turf and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
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