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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
$115.54
-2.2%
$122.25
$88.54
$135.97
$7.00B1.31275,290 shs892,890 shs
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
$121.88
$82.64
$132.69
$3.99B1.23370,435 shs503,315 shs
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$302.51
-2.2%
$312.16
$279.64
$429.95
$3.56B1.26114,940 shs141,080 shs
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
$97.19
+0.3%
$94.27
$72.63
$110.71
$15.99B1.11.49 million shs2.42 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
0.00%-6.71%-6.22%-5.89%+19.66%
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%+26.42%
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
0.00%-3.78%-1.11%-12.45%+6.45%
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
0.00%+0.69%+0.42%+8.17%+22.30%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
3.1845 of 5 stars
2.35.01.70.02.12.51.3
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
1.7292 of 5 stars
1.31.03.30.03.41.71.3
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
4.8936 of 5 stars
3.54.03.33.03.22.51.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
2.63
Moderate Buy$137.2218.77% Upside
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
2.50
Moderate Buy$140.00∞ Upside
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
2.50
Moderate Buy$327.508.26% Upside
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
3.00
Buy$107.1410.24% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest JBT, KAI, PNR, and ESAB Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/19/2025
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
Evercore ISI
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Boost Price TargetIn-Line ➝ In-Line$120.00 ➝ $125.00
5/16/2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Overweight$90.00 ➝ $113.00
5/2/2025
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
Robert W. Baird
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Set Price Target$143.00
5/2/2025
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
Stifel Nicolaus
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$109.00 ➝ $126.00
5/1/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
DA Davidson
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$300.00 ➝ $275.00
5/1/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
Barrington Research
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$380.00 ➝ $380.00
4/25/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
Barrington Research
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$410.00 ➝ $410.00
4/23/2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$99.00 ➝ $101.00
4/23/2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$115.00 ➝ $110.00
4/23/2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$110.00 ➝ $111.00
4/23/2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$114.00 ➝ $107.00
(Data available from 6/23/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
$2.74B2.56$6.24 per share18.53$29.91 per share3.86
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
$1.69B0.00N/A17.56$46.76 per share0.00
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.05B3.38$14.54 per share20.81$73.06 per share4.14
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
$4.08B3.92$5.08 per share19.12$21.62 per share4.50
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
$264.84M$4.4426.0219.822.829.98%16.98%7.69%8/1/2025 (Estimated)
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
$582.60M$5.3926.480.001.7110.25%10.16%5.68%N/A
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$111.60M$9.4232.1126.56N/A10.63%13.74%8.10%7/29/2025 (Estimated)
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
$625.40M$3.8725.1118.441.8615.87%21.24%11.45%7/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest JBT, KAI, PNR, and ESAB Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/1/2025Q1 2025
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
$1.18$1.25+$0.07$1.10$633.66 million$678.14 million
4/29/2025Q1 2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.97$2.10+$0.13$2.04$239.41 million$239.21 million
4/22/2025Q1 2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
$1.01$1.11+$0.10$0.93$988.38 million$1.01 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
$0.320.28%N/A7.21%3 Years
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
$0.400.31%N/A7.42%N/A
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.360.45%N/A14.44%12 Years
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
$1.001.03%N/A25.84%7 Years

Latest JBT, KAI, PNR, and ESAB Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/15/2025
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
quarterly$0.340.42%7/10/20257/10/20258/7/2025
5/6/2025
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
quarterly$0.251.1%7/18/20257/18/20258/1/2025
5/9/2025
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
quarterly$0.100.3%7/3/20257/3/20257/18/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
0.54
1.91
1.24
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
0.41
2.55
2.00
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
0.31
2.47
1.62
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
0.51
1.89
1.22

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
91.13%
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
98.92%
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
96.13%
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
92.37%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
7.30%
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
0.96%
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
1.20%
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
1.45%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
ESAB Corporation stock logo
ESAB
ESAB
9,30060.62 million56.20 millionOptionable
John Bean Technologies Co. stock logo
JBT
John Bean Technologies
5,10031.84 million31.54 millionOptionable
Kadant Inc stock logo
KAI
Kadant
3,50011.78 million11.64 millionOptionable
Pentair plc stock logo
PNR
Pentair
9,750164.53 million162.14 millionOptionable

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ESAB stock logo

ESAB NYSE:ESAB

$115.54 -2.64 (-2.23%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$115.62 +0.08 (+0.07%)
As of 06/20/2025 04:20 PM Eastern
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ESAB Corporation engages in the formulation, development, manufacture, and supply of consumable products and equipment for use in cutting, joining, automated welding, and gas control equipment. Its comprehensive range of welding consumables includes electrodes, cored and solid wires, and fluxes using a range of specialty and other materials; and cutting consumables comprising electrodes, nozzles, shields, and tips. The company's equipment ranges from portable welding machines to large customized automated cutting and welding systems. It also offers a range of software and digital solutions to help its customers increase their productivity, remotely monitor their welding operations, and digitize their documentation. The company sells its products under the ESAB brand to various end markets, such as general industry, infrastructure, renewable energy, medical and life sciences, transportation, construction, and energy. It offers its products through independent distributors and direct salespeople. The company operates in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. ESAB Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.

John Bean Technologies stock logo

John Bean Technologies NYSE:JBT

John Bean Technologies Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers value-added processing that includes chilling, mixing/grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, end of line material handling, and packaging solutions to the food, beverage, and health market. In addition, it offers automated guided vehicle systems for material movement in the manufacturing, warehouse, and medical facilities. It serves baby food, bakery and confectionery, citrus processing, fruits and nuts, juices, non-food, pet food, pharmaceutical, plant- based beverages and protein, poultry, meat, and seafood, ready meals, oils, soups, sauces, seasoning and dressings, automotive, building material, tissue, paper, and packaging, hospitals, pharma and life sciences, fast moving consumer goods, manufacturing, warehousing, and other industries. The company markets and sells its products and solutions through direct sales force, independent distributors, sales representatives, and technical service teams. John Bean Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Kadant stock logo

Kadant NYSE:KAI

$302.51 -6.76 (-2.19%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$302.14 -0.37 (-0.12%)
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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.

Pentair stock logo

Pentair NYSE:PNR

$97.19 +0.25 (+0.26%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$97.26 +0.07 (+0.07%)
As of 06/20/2025 06:15 PM Eastern
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Pentair plc provides various water solutions in the United States, Western Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, and Japan. The company operates through three segments: Flow, Water Solutions, and Pool. The Flow segment designs, manufactures, and sells fluid treatment and pump products and systems, including pressure vessels, gas recovery solutions, membrane bioreactors, wastewater reuse systems and advanced membrane filtration, separation systems, water disposal pumps, water supply pumps, fluid transfer pumps, turbine pumps, solid handling pumps, and agricultural spray nozzles for fluid delivery, ion exchange, desalination, food and beverage, separation technologies in the oil and gas industry, residential and municipal wells, water treatment, wastewater solids handling, pressure boosting, circulation and transfer, fire suppression, flood control, agricultural irrigation, and crop spray in residential, commercial, and industrial markets. The Water Solutions segment provides commercial and residential water treatment products and systems, including pressure tanks, control valves, activated carbon products, commercial ice machines, conventional filtration products, and point-of-entry and point-of-use water treatment systems, as well as installation and preventative services for use in residential whole home water filtration, drinking water filtration, and water softening solutions, as well as commercial total water management and filtration in foodservice operations. The Pool segment provides residential and commercial pool equipment and accessories comprising pumps, filters, heaters, lights, automatic controls, automatic cleaners, maintenance equipment, and pool accessories for applications in residential and commercial pool maintenance, pool repair, renovation, service, and construction and aquaculture solutions. Pentair plc was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.