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Kadant Inc. (KAI)
279.58  -6.31 (-2.21%)    04-25 16:00
Open: 282.12
High: 282.12
Volume: 52,173
  
Pre. Close: 285.89
Low: 276.74
Market Cap: 3,276(M)
Technical analysis
2024-04-25 4:44:07 PM
Short term     
Mid term     
Targets 6-month :  364.42 1-year :  389.53
Resists First :  312.01 Second :  333.51
Pivot price 291.31
Supports First :  277.23 Second :  230.65
MAs MA(5) :  283.94 MA(20) :  297.62
MA(100) :  295.18 MA(250) :  249.44
MACD MACD :  -8.9 Signal :  -7.7
%K %D K(14,3) :  17 D(3) :  15
RSI RSI(14): 32.3
52-week High :  354.01 Low :  183.66
Price, MAs and Bollinger Bands

Price has closed below its short-term moving average. Short-term moving average is currently below mid-term; and below long-term moving average. From the relationship between price and moving averages: This stock is BEARISH in short-term; and NEUTRAL in mid-long term.
[ KAI ] has closed above bottom band by 13.6%. Bollinger Bands are 3.9% narrower than normal. The current width of the bands does not suggest anything about the future direction or movement of prices.

Stock Price Prediction
If tomorrow: Open lower Open higher
High: 282.24 - 284.14 284.14 - 285.71
Low: 273.57 - 275.43 275.43 - 276.97
Close: 276.85 - 279.88 279.88 - 282.38
Company Description

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. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Headline News

Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) Shares Sold by Handelsbanken Fonder AB - MarketBeat

Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI)? - Simply Wall St

Sun, 21 Apr 2024
5,606 Shares in Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) Bought by International Assets Investment Management LLC - MarketBeat

Fri, 05 Apr 2024
Ex-Div Reminder for Kadant (KAI) - Nasdaq

Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Kadant: More Growth On The Horizon After Digesting Acquisition Costs (NYSE:KAI) - Seeking Alpha

Tue, 05 Mar 2024
JONATHAN PAINTER Implements A Sell Strategy: Offloads $2.31M In Kadant Stock - Kadant (NYSE:KAI) - Benzinga

Financial Analysis
Price to Book Value:
P/BV, a ratio used to compare book value to its current market price, to gauge whether a stock is valued properly.
Outperform
Price to Earnings:
PE, the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its earnings per share (EPS).
Outperform
Discounted cash flow:
DCF, a valuation method used to estimate the value of an investment based on its expected future cash flows.
Outperform
Return on Assets:
ROA, indicates how profitable a company is in relation to its total assets, how efficiently uses assets to generate a profit.
Outperform
Return on Equity:
ROE, a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net income by equity. a gauge of profitability and efficiency.
Outperform
Debt to Equity:
evaluate financial leverage, reflects the ability of equity to cover outstanding debts in the event of a business downturn.
Underperform
Stock Basics & Statistics
Exchange:
NYSE
Sector:
Industrials
Industry:
Industrial - Machinery
Shares Out 12 (M)
Shares Float 12 (M)
Held by Insiders 1 (%)
Held by Institutions 102.8 (%)
Shares Short 987 (K)
Shares Short P.Month 930 (K)
Stock Financials
EPS 9.89
EPS Est Next Qtrly 0
EPS Est This Year 0
EPS Est Next Year 0
Book Value (p.s.) 66.08
Profit Margin 12.1 %
Operating Margin 17.1 %
Return on Assets (ttm) 9 %
Return on Equity (ttm) 16.3 %
Qtrly Rev. Growth 2.7 %
Gross Profit (p.s.) 0
Sales Per Share 81.57
EBITDA (p.s.) 17.2
Qtrly Earnings Growth 4.5 %
Operating Cash Flow 166 (M)
Levered Free Cash Flow 115 (M)
Stock Valuations
PE Ratio 28.24
PEG Ratio 3.6
Price to Book value 4.23
Price to Sales 3.42
Price to Cash Flow 19.82
Stock Dividends
Dividend 0
Forward Dividend 0
Dividend Yield 0%
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