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KAI vs. FELE, LFUS, DOV, GGG, ITT, NPO, PH, PNR, WTS, and NDSN

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

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

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 0.5%. 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.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 2 more articles in the media than Kadant. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Franklin Electric and 3 mentions for Kadant. Kadant's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.82 indicating that Kadant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kadant
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Kadant has a consensus target price of $340.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.01%. Given Kadant's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 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$2.06B2.14$180.31M$3.8725.61
Kadant$1.05B3.28$111.60M$8.9832.64

Summary

Kadant beats Franklin Electric on 11 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

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KAI vs. The Competition

MetricKadantMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.44B$13.75B$7.94B$22.09B
Dividend Yield0.46%24.33%4.58%3.59%
P/E Ratio32.5222.3525.1533.09
Price / Sales3.286.961,255.9060.82
Price / Cash20.2217.6827.8724.20
Price / Book4.014.494.924.70
Net Income$111.60M$498.10M$790.14M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.79%3.67%1.43%2.59%
1 Month Performance-3.50%6.36%2.33%1.56%
1 Year Performance-7.83%30.93%30.27%14.01%

Kadant Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KAI
Kadant
3.395 of 5 stars
$293.08
+0.1%
$340.00
+16.0%
-7.7%$3.44B$1.05B32.523,500Positive News
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.4944 of 5 stars
$98.14
+0.9%
$107.00
+9.0%
-2.7%$4.33B$2.02B25.366,300Upcoming Earnings
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.9453 of 5 stars
$270.38
+2.1%
$292.50
+8.2%
+6.4%$6.57B$2.19B56.3316,000Upcoming Earnings
DOV
Dover
4.9273 of 5 stars
$169.00
+1.5%
$212.25
+25.6%
-5.5%$22.83B$7.75B10.1924,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GGG
Graco
4.4395 of 5 stars
$82.38
+0.1%
$94.50
+14.7%
-1.5%$13.64B$2.11B29.214,300Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.6796 of 5 stars
$172.35
-0.3%
$191.00
+10.8%
+21.4%$13.49B$3.63B27.1011,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NPO
Enpro
4.309 of 5 stars
$234.33
+2.4%
$245.00
+4.6%
+55.6%$4.82B$1.05B58.583,500Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5678 of 5 stars
$740.55
+0.9%
$789.67
+6.6%
+21.7%$92.83B$19.85B27.3157,950Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PNR
Pentair
4.6193 of 5 stars
$109.31
+0.5%
$116.50
+6.6%
+13.1%$17.83B$4.08B29.879,750Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.5544 of 5 stars
$281.47
+2.1%
$253.80
-9.8%
+39.2%$9.20B$2.25B30.274,800News Coverage
NDSN
Nordson
4.4498 of 5 stars
$235.66
+1.0%
$255.75
+8.5%
-5.6%$13.11B$2.69B29.618,000Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:KAI) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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