Kadant Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kadant in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Kadant stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KAI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Kadant is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 27th 2021.
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Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.07. The industrial products company earned $172.46 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $170.02 million. Kadant had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.01% and a net margin of 9.13%. Kadant's revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.09 EPS.
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Kadant's stock was trading at $77.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KAI stock has increased by 125.2% and is now trading at $174.14.
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Kadant announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, August 12th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 14th.
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Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.59%. Kadant has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Kadant is 20.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Kadant will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.02% next year. This indicates that Kadant will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kadant updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $710 million-$730 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $704.16 million.

3 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kadant's stock. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate Kadant's share price to reach $152.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.7%.
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7 employees have rated Kadant CEO Jonathan W. (Jon) Painter on Glassdoor.com. Jonathan W. (Jon) Painter has an approval rating of 76% among Kadant's employees.

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

Kadant's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wasatch Advisors Inc. (13.56%), BlackRock Inc. (7.48%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (6.73%), Royce & Associates LP (4.54%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.91%) and Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (3.65%). Company insiders that own Kadant stock include Eric T Langevin, Jeffrey L Powell, John M Albertine, Jonathan W Painter, Michael J Mckenney, Stacy D Krause, Thomas C Leonard and William P Tully.
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KAI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wasatch Advisors Inc., Northern Trust Corp, CWM LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Royce & Associates LP. Company insiders that have sold Kadant company stock in the last year include Eric T Langevin, John M Albertine, Michael J Mckenney, Stacy D Krause, Thomas C Leonard, and William P Tully.
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KAI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, EAM Global Investors LLC, and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V..
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One share of KAI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $174.14.

Kadant has a market capitalization of $2.02 billion and generates $635.03 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $55.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.00 on an earnings per share basis.

Kadant employs 2,600 workers across the globe.

Kadant was founded in 1991.

The official website for Kadant is www.kadant.com.

Kadant is headquartered at ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA, 01886.

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]