Kadant Inc.
General ticker "KAI" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Machinery
- Capitalization: $3.9B (TTM average)
Kadant Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 12.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 282.40$, high 292.38$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (irregularly): last record date 2025-10-09, amount 0.34$ (Y0.12%)
- Total employees count: 3500 (+12.9%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 49.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-28
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Geopolitical risks, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Cybersecurity threats, Market competition
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below 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 2024-12-28 to 2026-12-28
- 2024-12-28 to 2025-12-28 estimated range: [281.02$, 394.89$]
- 2025-12-28 to 2026-12-28 estimated range: [275.16$, 393.06$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KAI estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 34.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: 7.86 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.27
- Positive: 0.33 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.75
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -3.91 <= -0.75
- Positive: 41.86 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 59.23 <= 63.39
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.29 > 6.04
- Positive: 2.97 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 6.92
- Positive: -14.38 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -7.70
- Positive: 0 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 2.65
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $923.60MM | $957.67MM | $1,052.73MM |
| Operating Expenses | $752.31MM | $791.91MM | $881.47MM |
| Operating Income | $171.28MM | $165.76MM | $171.25MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-5.65MM | $-6.74MM | $-18.18MM |
| Interest Expense | $6.48MM | $8.40MM | $20.03MM |
| R&D Expense | $12.72MM | $13.56MM | $14.32MM |
| Income(Loss) | $165.64MM | $159.02MM | $153.07MM |
| Taxes | $43.91MM | $42.21MM | $40.52MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $120.93MM | $116.07MM | $111.60MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $653.85MM | $773.70MM | $847.13MM |
| Inventory | $163.67MM | $152.68MM | $146.09MM |
| Assets | $1,149.88MM | $1,175.66MM | $1,430.35MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $102.62MM | $165.54MM | $155.26MM |
| Capital expenditure | $28.20MM | $31.85MM | $21.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-29.52MM | $-30.79MM | $-319.14MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-80.57MM | $-111.11MM | $159.91MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $10.38 | $9.92 | $9.51 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.