What is Seaport Res Ptn's Forecast for Kadant Q2 Earnings?

Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Kadant in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.96 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

KAI has been the topic of several other research reports. Barrington Research reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Kadant in a report on Thursday, May 1st. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on Kadant from $300.00 to $275.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st.

Kadant Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NYSE:KAI traded down $2.82 during trading on Friday, hitting $324.87. The company's stock had a trading volume of 286,933 shares, compared to its average volume of 110,829. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 2.29. The company has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion, a PE ratio of 34.27 and a beta of 1.30. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $322.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $355.85. Kadant has a fifty-two week low of $266.23 and a fifty-two week high of $429.95.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $239.21 million during 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 quarterly revenue was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.38 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. C2P Capital Advisory Group LLC d.b.a. Prosperity Capital Advisors acquired a new position in Kadant in the 4th quarter worth approximately $193,595,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Kadant by 25.0% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,218,273 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $420,292,000 after acquiring an additional 243,267 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Kadant in the fourth quarter worth $46,529,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Kadant during the 4th quarter valued at about $39,400,000. Finally, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Kadant during the fourth quarter worth $38,560,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.13% of the company's stock.

Kadant Increases Dividend

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

About Kadant

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.