Ratings Kadant Inc.

Equities

KAI

US48282T1043

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278.9 USD +2.33% Intraday chart for Kadant Inc. -0.35% -0.49%

Summary

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.

Strengths

  • Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
  • The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
  • Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
  • 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.
  • Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
  • Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

  • The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
  • With an expected P/E ratio at 28.25 and 25.27 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Industrial Machinery & Equipment

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
-2.96% 3.2B
B-
-14.64% 12.95B
B
+6.62% 5.31B
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+23.71% 4.88B
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-10.46% 4.7B
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+10.38% 4.21B
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-24.84% 4.13B
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+11.87% 3.87B
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+40.17% 3.67B
A-
-6.27% 3.12B
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Financials

Sales growth
Earnings Growth
EBITDA / Sales
Profitability
Finances

Valuation

P/E ratio
EV / Sales
Price to Book
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Price to Free Cash Flow
Yield
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Momentum

1 year Revenue revision
4 months Revenue revision
7 days Revenue revision
1 year EPS revision
4 months EPS revision

Consensus

Analyst Opinion
Potential Price Target
4m Target Price Revision
4m Revision of opinion
12m Revision of opinion

Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage
Divergence of Estimates
Divergence of analysts' opinions
Divergence of Target Price
Earnings quality

Environment

Emissions
Innovation
Use of resources

Social

Social commitment
Human Rights
Product liability
Human Resources

Governance

CSR Strategy
Management
Shareholders

Controversy

Controversy

Technical analysis

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RSI
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