NYSE:KAI - Kadant Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kadant trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KAI."

Kadant announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 8th. View Kadant's Dividend History.

Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The industrial products company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.04. The industrial products company had revenue of $182.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.38 million. Kadant had a return on equity of 15.56% and a net margin of 7.39%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.66 EPS. View Kadant's Earnings History.

Kadant is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kadant.

Kadant issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.00-5.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.90-700 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $716.28 million.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Kadant's shares. Their forecasts range from $91.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Kadant's stock price to reach $97.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kadant.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kadant in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kadant.

News articles about KAI stock have been trending extremely negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kadant earned a media sentiment score of -4.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Kadant.

Kadant saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 472,800 shares, a decline of 6.9% from the January 30th total of 507,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 61,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.8 days. Currently, 4.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Kadant's Current Options Chain.

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Kadant's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Handelsbanken Fonder AB (5.86%), Royce & Associates LP (5.48%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (5.29%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (2.62%), State Street Corp (2.15%) and Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.71%). Company insiders that own Kadant stock include Eric T Langevin, Jeffrey L Powell, John M Albertine, Jonathan W Painter, Michael J Mckenney, Sandra L Lambert, Thomas C Leonard and William P Tully. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kadant.

KAI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Royce & Associates LP, First Trust Advisors LP, Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Kadant company stock in the last year include Eric T Langevin, Jeffrey L Powell, John M Albertine, Jonathan W Painter, Michael J Mckenney, Thomas C Leonard and William P Tully. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kadant.

KAI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Driehaus Capital Management LLC, Tygh Capital Management Inc., CWM LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Sei Investments Co., Macquarie Group Ltd. and Marks Group Wealth Management Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kadant.

Shares of KAI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KAI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.82.

Kadant has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion and generates $704.64 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $52.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.36 on an earnings per share basis. Kadant employs 2,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kadant.

The official website for Kadant is http://www.kadant.com/.

Kadant's mailing address is ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA, 01886. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 978-776-2000 or via email at [email protected]