KAI Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

ITT has a net margin of 11.63% compared to Kadant's net margin of 18.2%. Kadant's return on equity of 14.42% beat ITT's return on equity of 18.73%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $325.00, signalling downside risk potential of -10.07%. On the other hand ITT has an analysts' consensus of $172.18 which suggests that it could grow by 17.68%. Given that ITT has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe ITT is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.284, which suggesting that the stock is 28.412% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison ITT has a beta of 1.412, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 41.166%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.34%. ITT offers a yield of 0.87% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share. Kadant pays 11.39% of its earnings as a dividend. ITT pays out 23.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kadant quarterly revenues are $271.6M, which are smaller than ITT quarterly revenues of $885.2M. Kadant's net income of $31.6M is lower than ITT's net income of $161.1M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 38.89x while ITT's PE ratio is 24.97x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kadant is 4.32x versus 3.42x for ITT. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Nordson has a net margin of 11.63% compared to Kadant's net margin of 16.41%. Kadant's return on equity of 14.42% beat Nordson's return on equity of 16.81%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $325.00, signalling downside risk potential of -10.07%. On the other hand Nordson has an analysts' consensus of $255.82 which suggests that it could grow by 14.17%. Given that Nordson has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe Nordson is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.284, which suggesting that the stock is 28.412% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Nordson has a beta of 0.945, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 5.461%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.34%. Nordson offers a yield of 1.3% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.78 per share. Kadant pays 11.39% of its earnings as a dividend. Nordson pays out 34.55% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kadant quarterly revenues are $271.6M, which are smaller than Nordson quarterly revenues of $744.5M. Kadant's net income of $31.6M is lower than Nordson's net income of $122.2M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 38.89x while Nordson's PE ratio is 27.63x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kadant is 4.32x versus 4.80x for Nordson. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

RBC Bearings has a net margin of 11.63% compared to Kadant's net margin of 13.62%. Kadant's return on equity of 14.42% beat RBC Bearings's return on equity of 8.13%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $325.00, signalling downside risk potential of -10.07%. On the other hand RBC Bearings has an analysts' consensus of $340.60 which suggests that it could grow by 8.73%. Given that RBC Bearings has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe RBC Bearings is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.284, which suggesting that the stock is 28.412% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.573, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 57.309%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.34%. RBC Bearings offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Kadant pays 11.39% of its earnings as a dividend. RBC Bearings pays out 10.96% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kadant quarterly revenues are $271.6M, which are smaller than RBC Bearings quarterly revenues of $397.9M. Kadant's net income of $31.6M is lower than RBC Bearings's net income of $54.2M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 38.89x while RBC Bearings's PE ratio is 45.73x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kadant is 4.32x versus 5.76x for RBC Bearings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Regal Rexnord has a net margin of 11.63% compared to Kadant's net margin of 4.92%. Kadant's return on equity of 14.42% beat Regal Rexnord's return on equity of 3.33%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $325.00, signalling downside risk potential of -10.07%. On the other hand Regal Rexnord has an analysts' consensus of $199.09 which suggests that it could grow by 22.2%. Given that Regal Rexnord has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe Regal Rexnord is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.284, which suggesting that the stock is 28.412% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.009, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 0.86599999999999%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.34%. Regal Rexnord offers a yield of 0.86% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share. Kadant pays 11.39% of its earnings as a dividend. Regal Rexnord pays out -161.67% of its earnings as a dividend. Kadant's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kadant quarterly revenues are $271.6M, which are smaller than Regal Rexnord quarterly revenues of $1.5B. Kadant's net income of $31.6M is lower than Regal Rexnord's net income of $72.7M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 38.89x while Regal Rexnord's PE ratio is 51.39x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kadant is 4.32x versus 1.76x for Regal Rexnord. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.