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Kadant

NYSE:KAI US48282T1043
30
  • Value
    62
  • Growth
    54
  • Safety
    Safety
    21
  • Combined
    32
  • Sentiment
    41
  • 360° View
    360° View
    30
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Company Description

Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of technologies and engineered systems for sustainable industrial processing. It operates in Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $3,742 million, profits of $466 million, and revenue of $1,053 million with 3500 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 30 (better than 30% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Kadant are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Kadant. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 54, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. This means that growth is higher than for 54% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 62 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 62% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 21 which means that the share price of Kadant is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 79% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 41, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 59% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Last update: 2-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
21 9 10 45
Growth
54 25 54 89
Safety
Safety
62 55 75 54
Sentiment
41 15 28 63
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30 4 29 81
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
80 82 50 48
Opinions Change
50 28 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 13 78 99
Market Pulse
26 16 15 20
Sentiment
41 15 28 63
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
21 9 10 45
Growth
54 25 54 89
Safety Safety
62 55 75 54
Combined
32 12 50 78
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
7 1 7 36
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
40 21 21 43
Price vs. Book (P/B)
47 26 41 49
Dividend Yield
35 37 41 43
Value
21 9 10 45
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
51 31 31 80
Profit Growth
28 23 48 73
Capital Growth
80 25 50 44
Stock Returns
33 79 77 83
Growth
54 25 54 89
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
66 67 71 48
Refinancing
41 32 22 31
Liquidity
57 59 81 67
Safety Safety
62 55 75 54

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