Kadant Inc.
General ticker "KAI" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Industrial - Machinery
- Capitalization: $3.7B (TTM average)
Kadant Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 24.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 300.42$, high 311.85$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-08-04 amc
- Company pays dividends (irregularly): last record date 2026-07-16, amount 0.36$ (Y0.12%)
- Total employees count: 3900 (+11.4%) as of 2026
- US accounted for 49.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-28
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Liquidity and credit risks, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Cybersecurity threats, Market competition
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-01-03 to 2028-01-03
- 2026-01-03 to 2027-01-03 estimated range: [234.41$, 349.10$]
- 2027-01-03 to 2028-01-03 estimated range: [235.07$, 349.81$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KAI estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 31.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: 7.78 < Operating profit margin, % of 14.93
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.45 <= 0.75
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 4.29 <= 5.54
- Positive: -14.26 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -5.99
- Positive: 42.34 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 57.23 <= 63.79
- Positive: 1.89 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 5.71
- Positive: 0 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.40
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Long-term KAI plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $957.67MM | $1,054.04MM | $1,053.56MM |
| Operating Expenses | $791.91MM | $882.79MM | $896.27MM |
| Operating Income | $165.76MM | $171.25MM | $157.29MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-6.74MM | $-18.18MM | $-13.70MM |
| Interest Expense | $8.40MM | $20.03MM | $15.57MM |
| R&D Expense | $13.56MM | $14.32MM | $15.26MM |
| Income(Loss) | $159.02MM | $153.07MM | $143.59MM |
| Taxes | $42.21MM | $40.52MM | $39.90MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $116.07MM | $111.60MM | $101.97MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $773.70MM | $847.13MM | $979.81MM |
| Inventory | $152.68MM | $146.09MM | $206.85MM |
| Assets | $1,175.66MM | $1,430.35MM | $1,712.18MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $165.54MM | $155.26MM | $171.33MM |
| Capital expenditure | $31.85MM | $21.00MM | $17.05MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-30.79MM | $-319.14MM | $-205.42MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-111.11MM | $159.91MM | $54.01MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $9.92 | $9.51 | $8.66 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.