Seaport Res Ptn Has Negative Outlook for Kadant Q2 Earnings

Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Kadant in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.96 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.68. The consensus estimate for Kadant's current full-year earnings is $9.97 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Kadant's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.13 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.82 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also weighed in on KAI. Barrington Research reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $380.00 target price on shares of Kadant in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. DA Davidson cut their target price on Kadant from $300.00 to $275.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st.

Kadant Stock Up 6.1%

Shares of NYSE KAI traded up $18.56 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $321.76. 175,439 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 109,785. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 2.29 and a quick ratio of 1.46. Kadant has a twelve month low of $266.23 and a twelve month high of $429.95. The company has a market cap of $3.79 billion, a PE ratio of 33.94 and a beta of 1.30. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $323.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $356.04.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.97 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $239.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $239.41 million. Kadant had a return on equity of 14.66% and a net margin of 10.59%. Kadant's revenue for the quarter was down 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.38 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in KAI. Hilltop National Bank acquired a new position in Kadant during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Kadant during the first quarter worth approximately $30,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in Kadant by 267.9% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 103 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. Optimum Investment Advisors increased its position in Kadant by 50.0% during the first quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 150 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Kadant by 348.1% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 242 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.13% of the company's stock.

Kadant Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. This is a positive change from Kadant's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 9th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.42%. Kadant's payout ratio is 14.44%.

Kadant Company Profile

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.