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KAI vs. FELE, LFUS, AIN, DOV, HI, ITT, NPO, PH, WTS, and GGG

Should you be buying Kadant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kadant include Franklin Electric (FELE), Littelfuse (LFUS), Albany International (AIN), Dover (DOV), Hillenbrand (HI), ITT (ITT), Enpro (NPO), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), and Graco (GGG).

Kadant vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Kadant (NYSE:KAI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Kadant shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kadant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Kadant had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kadant and 0 mentions for Franklin Electric. Kadant's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.00 indicating that Kadant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric Neutral
Kadant Positive

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kadant pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Kadant has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Kadant has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.71%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.05% beat Kadant's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.71% 14.05% 9.47%
Kadant 10.34%12.62%7.66%

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus price target of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.09%. Kadant has a consensus price target of $340.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.08%. Given Kadant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kadant is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kadant
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.06B2.08$180.31M$3.8724.89
Kadant$1.05B3.39$111.60M$8.9833.78

Summary

Kadant beats Franklin Electric on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KAI vs. The Competition

MetricKadantMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.57B$12.95B$7.90B$21.74B
Dividend Yield0.46%24.43%4.58%3.56%
P/E Ratio33.7821.80310.3829.81
Price / Sales3.395.31246.1865.78
Price / Cash20.2917.4828.2524.69
Price / Book4.154.354.944.60
Net Income$111.60M$519.51M$796.44M$999.94M
7 Day Performance0.27%1.46%1.89%2.00%
1 Month Performance-5.06%2.70%5.27%4.50%
1 Year Performance-5.63%27.00%30.22%14.51%

Kadant Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KAI
Kadant
3.508 of 5 stars
$303.36
+1.7%
$340.00
+12.1%
-8.9%$3.57B$1.05B33.783,500
FELE
Franklin Electric
3.9079 of 5 stars
$94.19
-1.0%
$107.00
+13.6%
-7.1%$4.23B$2.02B24.346,300Positive News
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.728 of 5 stars
$257.81
-0.8%
$234.50
-9.0%
+0.1%$6.44B$2.19B53.7116,000Positive News
AIN
Albany International
4.5598 of 5 stars
$52.70
-1.6%
$71.40
+35.5%
-38.3%$1.58B$1.23B26.355,400
DOV
Dover
4.894 of 5 stars
$166.46
-0.9%
$213.92
+28.5%
-12.5%$23.04B$7.75B10.0424,000Analyst Forecast
HI
Hillenbrand
4.5274 of 5 stars
$26.37
+1.4%
$32.00
+21.4%
-0.2%$1.83B$3.18B-105.4810,450
ITT
ITT
4.3487 of 5 stars
$176.85
+0.0%
$188.11
+6.4%
+22.6%$13.79B$3.63B27.8111,700Analyst Forecast
NPO
Enpro
4.3059 of 5 stars
$220.31
-0.8%
$240.00
+8.9%
+43.6%$4.67B$1.05B55.083,500
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.4844 of 5 stars
$753.24
+0.3%
$770.94
+2.4%
+20.7%$95.00B$19.85B27.7757,950Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.4623 of 5 stars
$276.34
-0.7%
$253.80
-8.2%
+36.7%$9.29B$2.25B29.714,800
GGG
Graco
4.4029 of 5 stars
$84.51
-0.2%
$94.50
+11.8%
-2.3%$14.04B$2.11B29.974,300

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This page (NYSE:KAI) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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