Ratings Kadant Inc.

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US48282T1043

Market Closed - Nyse 04:00:02 2024-05-28 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
270 USD -1.17% Intraday chart for Kadant Inc. -5.78% -3.67%

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.
  • Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
  • The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
  • The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
  • Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
  • The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.
  • Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

  • The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
  • The firm trades with high earnings multiples: 28.31 times its 2024 earnings per share.
  • 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
-3.67% 3.21B
B-
-11.58% 13.63B
B
+3.89% 5.18B
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+28.36% 5.17B
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-3.22% 5.1B
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+13.95% 4.39B
B-
-21.88% 4.32B
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+11.22% 3.87B
B-
+43.86% 3.81B
A-
-6.32% 3.1B
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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

Analyst Coverage
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Environment

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