Kadant Inc.

$ 304.49 3.92 %

Kadant Inc. is a global enterprise that delivers specialized technologies and custom-engineered systems across various industries. The company operates through three primary business segments. Its Flow Control segment is dedicated to the development, manufacturing, and distribution of fluid-handling equipment, including products like rotary joints, syphons, and expansion joints, as well as comprehensive steam and condensate systems. This segment also provides doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems, alongside associated consumables such as doctor blades and water purification solutions. The Industrial Processing segment focuses on creating, producing, and selling heavy-duty machinery like ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, and chippers, in addition to logging equipment and industrial automation. It also supplies control systems, recycling equipment, and virgin pulping apparatus, serving industries such as packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuels. Lastly, the Material Handling segment provides conveying and vibratory machinery, balers, and related apparatus. Furthermore, it manufactures and distributes biodegradable absorbent granules, utilized as carriers in agriculture, home and professional lawn and garden care, and for the absorption of oil and grease spills. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, the company was previously known as Thermo Fibertek Inc. until its rebranding as Kadant Inc. in July 2001.

CEO: Jeffrey L. Powell - https://www.kadant.com

Price objectif

$303 -0.49 %

Recommandation

Hold

DCF

$ 177.56

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Quick ratio

1.53

suggests a healthy liquidity position, showing that the company can likely meet its short-term obligations.

P/E ratio

34.72

is considered reasonable, suggesting that the company has a valuation in line with its current profits.

EPS

8.77

is the net profit of a company divided by the number of outstanding shares, indicating the profit earned per share.

ROE

10.74 %

reflects reasonable profitability, showing good use of equity.

ROIC

7.74 %

does not generate enough return to cover its financing costs, which indicates value destruction and may pose long-term profitability issues.

WACC

9.23

is a company's average cost of capital, weighted by the proportion of debt and equity in its financing. It represents the minimum return the company must generate to satisfy its investors.

Debt-to-Equity Ratio

0.36

indicates that the company uses more equity than debt, suggesting prudent management.

Free cash flow per share

13.05

is a measure of a company's financial flexibility that is determined by dividing free cash flow by the total number of shares outstanding.

Dividend payout ratio

16.45 %

indicates that the company is retaining a large portion of its profits to reinvest in growth

Earnings per share

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Financials

Piotroski score
5 indicates moderate financial health
Altman score
5.02 indicates good financial health and low risk of bankruptcy
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Cash / Debt

Cash Ratio
0.51 indicates that the company has a moderate ability to cover its short-term debts with its cash
Debt Ratio
0.21 indicates that the company uses little debt to finance its assets, suggesting good financial stability
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Free Cash Flow

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Earnings Per Share (annual)

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Sales

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