Kadant (KAI) Competitors $309.62 +2.62 (+0.85%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$309.40 -0.22 (-0.07%) As of 05/22/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KAI vs. IEX, GGG, WWD, ITT, NDSN, RBC, SWK, LECO, CR, and MLIShould you be buying Kadant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kadant include IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Crane (CR), and Mueller Industries (MLI). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry. Kadant vs. IDEX Graco Woodward ITT Nordson RBC Bearings Stanley Black & Decker Lincoln Electric Crane Mueller Industries Kadant (NYSE:KAI) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations. Is KAI or IEX more profitable? IDEX has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Kadant's net margin of 10.59%. IDEX's return on equity of 16.08% beat Kadant's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Kadant10.59% 14.66% 8.33% IDEX 15.45%16.08%9.39% Do analysts recommend KAI or IEX? Kadant currently has a consensus target price of $327.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. IDEX has a consensus target price of $212.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.28%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Kadant.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Kadant 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50IDEX 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Do insiders and institutionals believe in KAI or IEX? 96.1% of Kadant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kadant shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, KAI or IEX? Kadant has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor KAI or IEX? In the previous week, IDEX had 8 more articles in the media than Kadant. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for IDEX and 9 mentions for Kadant. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kadant's score of 1.01 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Kadant 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive IDEX 11 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor KAI or IEX? IDEX received 158 more outperform votes than Kadant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.77% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformKadantOutperform Votes31858.14% Underperform Votes22941.86% IDEXOutperform Votes47658.77% Underperform Votes33441.23% Which has higher valuation and earnings, KAI or IEX? IDEX has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. IDEX 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 RatioKadant$1.04B3.49$111.60M$9.4232.87IDEX$3.28B4.17$505M$6.3128.72 Is KAI or IEX a better dividend stock? Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Kadant pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 45.0% 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. Kadant has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and IDEX has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. IDEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummaryIDEX beats Kadant on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Kadant News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KAI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart KAI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKadantSpecial industry machinery, except metalworking machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.65B$8.20B$7.63B$19.30BDividend Yield0.42%0.75%4.58%3.83%P/E Ratio32.6621.1323.1434.53Price / Sales3.493.9990.5334.83Price / Cash30.0422.6326.9417.51Price / Book4.673.543.974.69Net Income$111.60M$397.48M$807.24M$1.02B7 Day Performance-4.93%-2.73%0.12%-2.43%1 Month Performance2.27%8.88%10.57%6.27%1 Year Performance15.06%-1.04%26.15%5.78% Kadant Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KAIKadant1.6021 of 5 stars$309.63+0.9%$327.50+5.8%+12.0%$3.65B$1.04B32.663,100Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeBuyback AnnouncementIEXIDEX4.3975 of 5 stars$191.32+4.3%$211.25+10.4%-16.9%$14.45B$3.28B28.778,870Trending NewsEx-DividendGGGGraco3.8821 of 5 stars$86.43+3.8%$93.00+7.6%+1.8%$14.45B$2.15B30.654,000WWDWoodward3.7127 of 5 stars$201.47+2.5%$195.00-3.2%+13.0%$11.96B$3.36B33.758,300Trending NewsInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionITTITT4.5519 of 5 stars$149.56+4.5%$161.86+8.2%+7.1%$11.77B$3.63B23.7410,300Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastNDSNNordson4.4225 of 5 stars$203.00+5.4%$250.20+23.3%-19.4%$11.55B$2.67B25.837,330News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsRBCRBC Bearings2.1063 of 5 stars$364.74+4.4%$354.20-2.9%+22.2%$11.46B$1.61B50.103,550Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastSWKStanley Black & Decker4.8133 of 5 stars$72.62+15.9%$92.70+27.7%-23.9%$11.23B$15.24B37.4354,200Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeLECOLincoln Electric4.0669 of 5 stars$194.89+4.8%$216.17+10.9%-14.4%$10.88B$4.03B23.9112,000CRCrane3.5232 of 5 stars$175.17+3.3%$178.20+1.7%+16.4%$10.07B$2.18B23.2011,000Trending NewsInsider TradeMLIMueller Industries3.5569 of 5 stars$78.09+4.1%$105.00+34.5%+30.3%$8.64B$3.92B14.715,140Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies IDEX Competitors Graco Competitors Woodward Competitors ITT Competitors Nordson Competitors RBC Bearings Competitors Stanley Black & Decker Competitors Lincoln Electric Competitors Crane Competitors Mueller Industries Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KAI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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