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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
$85.09
-0.8%
$81.58
$72.06
$92.86
$14.22B1.09818,961 shs696,086 shs
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
$188.58
-0.9%
$176.51
$153.36
$238.22
$14.25B1.07577,322 shs515,658 shs
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$324.87
-0.9%
$322.45
$266.23
$429.95
$3.83B1.3110,829 shs287,672 shs
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
$206.08
+1.4%
$180.51
$145.98
$216.18
$12.23B1.24463,184 shs623,459 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
-0.74%+5.03%+7.66%+0.73%+3.11%
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
-0.43%+5.97%+13.24%-1.72%-15.44%
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
+2.14%+13.51%+3.44%-8.29%+16.32%
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
+0.92%+3.70%+21.29%+6.48%+14.95%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
3.6297 of 5 stars
1.33.04.22.43.42.50.6
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
4.4525 of 5 stars
2.43.04.23.63.41.71.3
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
1.4053 of 5 stars
1.31.03.30.02.51.71.3
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
3.5071 of 5 stars
1.33.02.50.12.92.52.5
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
2.50
Moderate Buy$93.009.30% Upside
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
2.75
Moderate Buy$211.2512.02% Upside
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
2.50
Moderate Buy$327.500.81% Upside
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
2.50
Moderate Buy$195.00-5.38% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KAI, IEX, GGG, and WWD Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/2/2025
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
Robert W. Baird
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Set Price Target$215.00
5/2/2025
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$206.00 ➝ $208.00
5/2/2025
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
Stifel Nicolaus
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$192.00 ➝ $208.00
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
4/30/2025
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$175.00 ➝ $193.00
4/29/2025
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$205.00 ➝ $209.00
4/29/2025
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$200.00 ➝ $220.00
4/25/2025
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
Barrington Research
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$410.00 ➝ $410.00
4/22/2025
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
Mizuho
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Set Price Target$175.00
4/17/2025
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
Truist Financial
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$229.00 ➝ $205.00
(Data available from 5/14/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
$2.15B6.62$3.24 per share26.23$15.25 per share5.58
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
$3.28B4.34$9.83 per share19.18$50.10 per share3.76
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.04B3.67$10.81 per share30.04$66.31 per share4.90
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
$3.36B3.64$9.01 per share22.88$37.20 per share5.54
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
$486.08M$2.8330.1726.262.8523.00%19.38%16.20%7/23/2025 (Estimated)
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
$505M$6.3128.3620.611.9815.45%16.08%9.39%7/30/2025 (Estimated)
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$111.60M$9.4234.2728.52N/A10.59%14.66%8.33%7/29/2025 (Estimated)
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
$372.97M$6.1934.5228.862.3711.18%16.76%8.58%N/A

Latest KAI, IEX, GGG, and WWD Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/1/2025Q1 2025
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
$1.64$1.75+$0.11$1.26$807.25 million$814.30 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
4/28/2025Q2 2025
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
$1.44$1.69+$0.25$1.78$838.61 million$883.63 million
4/23/2025Q1 2025
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
$0.68$0.70+$0.02$0.72$526.98 million$528.28 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
$1.101.29%+10.42%38.87%29 Years
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
$2.841.51%+8.51%45.01%15 Years
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$1.360.42%+8.58%14.44%12 Years
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
$1.120.54%+15.44%18.09%5 Years

Latest KAI, IEX, GGG, and WWD Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/24/2025
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
quarterly$0.280.6%5/22/20255/22/20256/5/2025
5/8/2025
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
quarterly$0.711.53%5/19/20255/19/20255/30/2025
2/14/2025
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
quarterly$0.27501.28%4/14/20254/14/20255/7/2025
3/5/2025
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
quarterly$0.340.37%4/9/20254/9/20255/7/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
N/A
3.69
2.69
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
0.49
2.53
1.85
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
0.37
2.29
1.46
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
0.22
1.89
1.19

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
93.88%
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
97.96%
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
96.13%
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
81.18%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
2.19%
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
0.50%
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
1.40%
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
0.82%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Graco Inc. stock logo
GGG
Graco
4,000167.13 million165.04 millionOptionable
IDEX Co. stock logo
IEX
IDEX
8,87075.55 million75.34 millionOptionable
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
3,10011.78 million11.58 millionOptionable
Woodward, Inc. stock logo
WWD
Woodward
8,30059.36 million58.87 millionOptionable

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Graco stock logo

Graco NYSE:GGG

$85.09 -0.65 (-0.76%)
As of 03:47 PM Eastern

Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors. The Industrial segment provides liquid finishing equipment, paint circulating and supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, plural component coating proportioners, and accessories and spare parts; equipment that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; and gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions. It also offers powder finishing products to coat powder finishing on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The Process segment provides pumps to move and dispense chemicals, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; pressure valves used in the oil and natural gas industry, other industrial processes, and research facilities; and chemical injection pumping solutions for injection of chemicals into producing oil wells and pipelines. It also supplies pumps, hose reels, meters, valves, and accessories for fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators in industrial and commercial equipment, compressors, turbines, and on- and off-road vehicles. It sells its products through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and home center channels, as well as to end-users. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

IDEX stock logo

IDEX NYSE:IEX

$188.58 -1.73 (-0.91%)
As of 03:47 PM Eastern

IDEX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides applied solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies (FMT), Health & Science Technologies (HST), and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (FSDP). The FMT segment designs, produces, and distributes positive displacement pumps, valves, small volume provers, flow meters, injectors, and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems, as well as flow monitoring and other services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water and wastewater, agricultural, and energy industries. The HST segment designs, produces, and distributes precision fluidics positive displacement pumps, powder and liquid processing technologies, drying systems, micro-precision components, pneumatic components and sealing solutions, high performance molded and extruded sealing components, custom mechanical and shaft seals, engineered hygienic mixers and valves, biocompatible medical devices and implantables, air compressors and blowers, optical components and coatings, laboratory and commercial equipment, and precision photonic solutions. This segment serves food and beverage, life sciences, analytical instruments, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, industrial, semiconductor, automotive/transportation, medical/dental, energy, cosmetics, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment, research and aerospace/defense markets. The FSDP segment designs, produces, and distributes firefighting pumps, valves and controls, rescue tools, lifting bags, and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry; engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices for various industrial and commercial applications; and precision equipment for dispensing, metering, and mixing colorants and paints used in retail and commercial businesses. IDEX Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

Kadant stock logo

Kadant NYSE:KAI

$324.87 -2.82 (-0.86%)
As of 03:47 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.

Woodward stock logo

Woodward NASDAQ:WWD

$206.08 +2.75 (+1.35%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment provides fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, and flight deck controls, actuators, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for aircraft. These products are used on commercial and private aircraft and rotorcraft, as well as on military fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, guided weapons, and other defense systems. It also provides aftermarket maintenance, repair and overhaul, and other services to commercial airlines, repair facilities, military depots, third party repair shops, and other end users. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), tier-one suppliers, and contractors, as well as through aftermarket sales of components, such as provisioning spares and replacements. The Industrial segment offers actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, speed controls, electronics and software, and sensors. These products are used on industrial gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, and reciprocating engines. This segment sells its aftermarket products, and other related services to OEMs through an independent network of distributors, as well as directly to end users. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.