Kadant Inc (KAI): Price and Financial Metrics
Kadant Inc (KAI)
Today's Latest Price: $102.99 USD
Updated Jul 7 2:41pm
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Industry Rank:
Ranked of 57 in Industrial - Equipment
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KAI Stock Summary
- Kadant Inc's stock had its IPO on November 3, 1992, making it an older stock than 79.06% of US equities in our set.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of -18.16%, Kadant Inc's debt growth rate surpasses merely 14.26% of about US stocks.
- Kadant Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 5.97%, greater than the shareholder yield of 75.85% of stocks in our set.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to KAI, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ELY, CSTE, CMCO, NVT, and ENS.
- Visit KAI's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.kadant.com.
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KAI Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $102.99 | 52-week high | $114.05 |
| Prev. close | $101.75 | 52-week low | $52.71 |
| Day low | $100.60 | Volume | 42,494 |
| Day high | $103.28 | Avg. volume | 70,234 |
| 50-day MA | $95.11 | Dividend yield | 0.94% |
| 200-day MA | $92.86 | Market Cap | 1.18B |
Kadant Inc (KAI) Company Bio
Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of high-value, critical components and engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. The Company's products, technologies, and services play an integral role in enhancing process efficiency, optimizing energy utilization, and maximizing productivity in resource-intensive industries. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Westford, Massachusetts.
KAI Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $102.99 | $149.14 | 48% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Kadant Inc with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Kadant Inc ranked in the 57th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. More precisely, our analysis suggests the stock is undervalued by approximately 49% on a DCF basis. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for KAI, they are:
- The company's balance sheet shows it gets 80% of its capital from equity, and 20% of its capital from debt. Its equity weight surpasses that of 62.63% of free cash flow generating stocks in the Industrials sector.
- Kadant Inc's effective tax rate, as measured by taxes paid relative to net income, is at 17 -- greater than 67.27% of US stocks with positive free cash flow.
- Kadant Inc's interest coverage rate -- a measure of gross earnings relative to interest payments -- comes in at 7.03. This coverage rate is greater than that of 69.29% of stocks we're observing for the purpose of forecasting via discounted cash flows.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 45% |
| 1% | 47% |
| 2% | 48% |
| 3% | 50% |
| 4% | 51% |
| 5% | 53% |
THR, ETN, AZZ, LII, and DAL can be thought of as valuation peers to KAI, in the sense that they are in the Industrials sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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