Ratings Kadant Inc.

Equities

KAI

US48282T1043

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282.4 USD +1.00% Intraday chart for Kadant Inc. +0.13% +0.73%

Summary

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

  • The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
  • Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
  • Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
  • Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
  • There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
  • The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

  • The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
  • With an expected P/E ratio at 28.84 and 26.21 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
  • The company's enterprise value to sales, at 3.08 times its current sales, is high.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

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Sector: Industrial Machinery & Equipment

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
+0.73% 3.31B
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-1.42% 14.89B
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+25.26% 4.92B
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-14.84% 4.68B
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-11.99% 4.52B
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+10.91% 4.18B
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-17.31% 4.12B
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+13.00% 3.73B
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+29.08% 3.43B
A-
-3.89% 3.18B
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Financials

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Valuation

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Momentum

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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Environment

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Technical analysis

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