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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 3,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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| Latest market close | $185.51 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $166.78 - $239.87 |
| 50-day moving average | $184.72 |
| 200-day moving average | $205.23 |
| Wall St. target price | $219.33 |
| PE ratio | 19.9259 |
| Dividend yield | $1.01 (0.57%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $9.31 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $185.51 from 2022-07-01
| 1 week (2022-06-29) | 2.48% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-06-06) | -1.76% |
| 3 months (2022-04-06) | -1.45% |
| 6 months (2022-01-06) | -16.73% |
| 1 year (2021-07-06) | 5.35% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-07-06) | 82.32% |
| 3 years (2019-07-05) | 102.96% |
| 5 years (2017-07-06) | 144.74% |
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 20x. In other words, Kadant shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Kadant's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.6078. 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 $172.2 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Kadant's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $840.6 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 16.2% |
| Gross profit TTM | $341.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.18% |
| Return on equity TTM | 19.84% |
| Profit margin | 12.93% |
| Book value | $51.28 |
| Market capitalisation | $2.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 11.9% of net profits
Recently Kadant has paid out, on average, around 11.9% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.57% 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 0.57% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Kadant's case, that would currently equate to about $1.01 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 10 August 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 July 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Kadant's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 11 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 $166.7769 up to $239.8713. 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 1.2314. This would suggest that Kadant's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables, consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, shower and fabric-conditioning systems, formation systems, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, logging machinery, industrial automation and control systems, recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuel industries. The Material Handling segment offers conveying and vibratory equipment, and balers and related equipment; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in as carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek Inc.
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