Compare Stocks: AIN, FELE, KAI, and ESE

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIN Albany International	$60.75 0.0%	$64.05	$41.15 ▼ $77.00	$1.71B	1.16	262,684 shs	293,611 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$268.55 +0.9%	$291.52	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.78B	1.1	229,143 shs	328,429 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$96.84 +0.6%	$102.35	$89.54 ▼ $115.82	$4.24B	1.02	273,629 shs	331,942 shs
KAI Kadant	$274.20 -1.5%	$303.94	$244.87 ▼ $354.07	$3.21B	1.17	158,166 shs	106,856 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIN Albany International	+1.01%	+0.96%	+4.06%	-18.77%	+9.40%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+1.72%	+3.09%	-3.64%	-24.91%	+23.29%
FELE Franklin Electric	+0.32%	+0.21%	-6.64%	-11.55%	+1.38%
KAI Kadant	+2.21%	+3.25%	-10.84%	-13.27%	-8.56%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIN Albany International	$60.75 0.0%	$64.05	$41.15 ▼ $77.00	$1.71B	1.16	262,684 shs	293,611 shs
ESE ESCO Technologies	$268.55 +0.9%	$291.52	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.78B	1.1	229,143 shs	328,429 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$96.84 +0.6%	$102.35	$89.54 ▼ $115.82	$4.24B	1.02	273,629 shs	331,942 shs
KAI Kadant	$274.20 -1.5%	$303.94	$244.87 ▼ $354.07	$3.21B	1.17	158,166 shs	106,856 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIN Albany International	+1.01%	+0.96%	+4.06%	-18.77%	+9.40%
ESE ESCO Technologies	+1.72%	+3.09%	-3.64%	-24.91%	+23.29%
FELE Franklin Electric	+0.32%	+0.21%	-6.64%	-11.55%	+1.38%
KAI Kadant	+2.21%	+3.25%	-10.84%	-13.27%	-8.56%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AIN Albany International	1.80	Reduce	$61.00	0.42% Upside
ESE ESCO Technologies	3.00	Buy	$416.50	55.09% Upside
FELE Franklin Electric	2.00	Hold	$114.50	18.24% Upside
KAI Kadant	2.25	Hold	$357.50	30.38% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AIN, FELE, KAI, and ESE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/22/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
9/18/2026	KAI Kadant	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
9/9/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$105.00
9/8/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
9/3/2026	AIN Albany International	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$64.00 ➝ $75.00
8/25/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/17/2026	KAI Kadant	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/11/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/10/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$413.00
8/6/2026	KAI Kadant	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$306.00 ➝ $335.00
8/3/2026	KAI Kadant	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)

(Data available from 9/24/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AIN Albany International	$1.18B	1.46	$1.89 per share	32.13	$25.87 per share	2.35
ESE ESCO Technologies	$1.10B	6.35	$9.18 per share	29.24	$59.67 per share	4.50
FELE Franklin Electric	$2.13B	2.01	$5.71 per share	16.95	$29.78 per share	3.25
KAI Kadant	$1.05B	3.08	$13.73 per share	19.97	$84.14 per share	3.26

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AIN Albany International	-$57.34M	-$1.74	N/A	18.63	1.53	-4.18%	10.76%	4.64%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ESE ESCO Technologies	$299.22M	$12.14	22.12	29.00	1.50	24.39%	13.28%	8.69%	11/19/2026 (Estimated)
FELE Franklin Electric	$147.09M	$3.47	27.91	18.80	1.72	7.06%	15.18%	10.13%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
KAI Kadant	$101.97M	$9.30	29.48	19.53	N/A	9.52%	13.16%	7.67%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AIN, FELE, KAI, and ESE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q3 2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	$2.12	$2.20	+$0.08	$1.26	$341.40 million	$339.03 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	AIN Albany International	$0.7370	$0.82	+$0.0830	$0.61	$340.10 million	$329.48 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	KAI Kadant	$2.94	$3.42	+$0.48	$2.75	$299.17 million	$312.88 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	FELE Franklin Electric	$1.44	$1.55	+$0.11	$1.46	$605.92 million	$622.88 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AIN Albany International	$1.12	1.84%	+7.20%	N/A	7 Years
ESE ESCO Technologies	$0.32	0.12%	-4.36%	2.64%	N/A
FELE Franklin Electric	$1.12	1.16%	+11.32%	32.28%	33 Years
KAI Kadant	$1.44	0.53%	+7.12%	15.48%	12 Years

Latest AIN, FELE, KAI, and ESE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/10/2026	KAI Kadant	quarterly	$0.36	0.5%	10/15/2026	10/15/2026	11/12/2026
8/6/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	quarterly	$0.08	0.11%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	10/15/2026
8/21/2026	AIN Albany International	quarterly	$0.28	2.06%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	10/7/2026
7/27/2026	FELE Franklin Electric	quarterly	$0.28	1.02%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	8/20/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AIN Albany International	0.60	2.24	1.89
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.04	1.38	0.94
FELE Franklin Electric	0.10	2.41	1.10
KAI Kadant	0.49	2.59	1.63

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AIN Albany International	97.37%
ESE ESCO Technologies	95.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	79.98%
KAI Kadant	96.13%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AIN Albany International	0.58%
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.70%
FELE Franklin Electric	2.89%
KAI Kadant	1.30%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AIN Albany International	5,700	28.40 million	28.24 million	Optionable
ESE ESCO Technologies	3,425	25.91 million	25.73 million	Optionable
FELE Franklin Electric	6,500	44.21 million	42.93 million	Optionable
KAI Kadant	3,900	11.81 million	11.66 million	Optionable

AIN, FELE, KAI, and ESE Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

How Kadant’s (KAI) CEO Succession and Dividend Move Has Changed Its Investment Story

September 23 at 8:09 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Bank of America Corp DE Makes New $33.99 Million Investment in Kadant Inc $KAI

September 23 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

1 volatile stock with solid fundamentals and 2 facing challenges

September 18, 2026 | msn.com

Q2 Earnings Outperformers: Kadant (NYSE:KAI) And The Rest Of The General Industrial Machinery Stocks

September 15, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Kadant Names Michael Colwell As CEO As Part Of Leadership Succession Plan

September 14, 2026 | pulse2.comP

California State Teachers Retirement System Has $4.32 Million Stock Position in Kadant Inc $KAI

September 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) Raised to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen

September 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kadant Announces Leadership Succession and CEO Transition Plan

September 11, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) Shares Down 4.4% - Time to Sell?

September 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kadant Inc Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.36 (NYSE:KAI)

September 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kadant Names Michael Colwell President, CEO And Director From January 2, 2027

September 11, 2026 | rttnews.com

Kadant Inc. approuve un dividende trimestriel en numéraire, payable le 12 novembre 2026

September 10, 2026 | zonebourse.comZ

Kadant Keeps Quarterly Dividend at $0.36 a Share, Payable Nov. 12 to Holders of Record Oct. 15

September 10, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Kadant Announces CEO Succession Plan

September 10, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Kadant Declares Cash Dividend

September 10, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Kadant Named to Newsweek's List of America's Greatest Companies 2026

September 8, 2026 | globenewswire.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Acquires Shares of 5,618 Kadant Inc $KAI

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Invests $3.49 Million in Kadant Inc $KAI

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

KNOREX Expands AI-Driven Advertising Suite with the Launch of KAI Assist and XPO MCP Server Integration

September 1, 2026 | businesswire.com

Man Group plc Invests $3.24 Million in Kadant Inc $KAI

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC Has $10.22 Million Stake in Kadant Inc $KAI

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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AIN, FELE, KAI, and ESE Company Descriptions

Albany International NYSE:AIN

$60.75 -0.02 (-0.04%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.64 -0.11 (-0.18%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Albany International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the machine clothing and engineered composites businesses. The company operates in two segments, Machine Clothing (MC) and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC). The MC segment designs, manufactures, and markets paper machine clothing for use in the manufacturing of papers, paperboards, tissues, towels, pulps, nonwovens, building products, tannery, and textiles, as well as fiber cement and several other industrial applications. This segment offers paper machine clothing forming, pressing, and drying fabrics, as well as engineered processing belts; and engineered fabrics. The AEC segment 3D-woven and injected composite components for aircraft engines composite airframe and engine components for military and commercial aircraft. It operates in the United States, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Mexico, Germany, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1895 and is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire.

ESCO Technologies NYSE:ESE

$268.55 +2.36 (+0.89%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$268.47 -0.08 (-0.03%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

ESCO Technologies Inc. produces and supplies engineered products and systems for industrial and commercial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Defense, Utility Solutions Group, and RF Test & Measurement. The Aerospace & Defense segment designs and manufactures filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices used in commercial aerospace applications; filter mechanisms used in micro-propulsion devices for satellites; and custom designed filters for manned aircraft and submarines. It also designs, develops, and manufactures elastomeric-based signature reduction solutions for U.S. naval vessels; and mission-critical bushings, pins, sleeves, and precision-tolerance machined components for landing gear, rotor heads, engine mounts, flight controls, and actuation systems for the aerospace and defense industries. The Utility Solutions Group segment provides diagnostic testing solutions that enable electric power grid operators to assess the integrity of high-voltage power delivery equipment; and decision support tools for the renewable energy industry, primarily wind and solar. The RF Test & Measurement segment designs and manufactures RF test and secure communication facilities, acoustic test enclosures, RF and magnetically shielded rooms, RF measurement systems, and broadcast and recording studios; and RF absorptive materials, filters, antennas, field probes, test cells, proprietary measurement software, and other test accessories to perform various tests. The company distributes its products through a network of distributors, sales representatives, direct sales teams, and in-house sales personnel. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Franklin Electric NASDAQ:FELE

$96.84 +0.54 (+0.56%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$96.80 -0.03 (-0.04%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems worldwide. The company operates through Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers submersible motors, drives, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally for pumping clean water and wastewater in various residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and manufactures electronic drives and controls that are used in motors for controlling functionality, as well as provides protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or tanks. The Fueling Systems segment provides pumps, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment primarily for use in fueling system applications. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, as well as includes electronic devices for online monitoring of the power utility, hydroelectric, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells products produced by the Water Systems segment. The company sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, original equipment manufacturers, industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, and oil and utility companies through its employee sales force and independent manufacturing representatives. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Kadant NYSE:KAI

$274.20 -4.15 (-1.49%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$274.35 +0.14 (+0.05%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates in 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, cleaning shower and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, industrial automation and control, 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 baling products; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company markets and sells its products, services, and systems through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. 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.

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