Kadant Inc

  • Earnings Score
  • Moat Score
  • Safety Score
  • Final Score
  • Market Cap $3.40B
  • PE 31
  • Debt $291.90M
  • Cash $95.95M
  • EV $3.60B
  • FCF $134.26M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$111.60M
EBIT$171.25M
ROE13%
ROA12%
FCF$134.26M
Equity$858.13M
Growth Stability100%
PE30.51
PEG1.37
PB3.97
P/FCF25.36
P/S3.23
Price/Cash0.03
Debt/Equity0.34
Debt/FCF2.17
Net Margins11%
Gross Margins44%
Op. Margins16%
Earnings CAGR20%
Sales Growth YoY8%
Sales Growth QoQ-5%
Sales CAGR11%
FCF CAGR17%
Equity CAGR14%
Earnings Stability0.89
Earnings Growth YoY-12%
Earnings Growth QoQ-24%
Earnings CAGR 5Y22%
Sales CAGR 5Y12%
FCF CAGR 5Y7%
Equity CAGR 5Y16%
Earnings CAGR 3Y8%
Sales CAGR 3Y8%
FCF CAGR 3Y7%
Equity CAGR 3Y16%
Market Cap$3.40B
Revenue$1.05B
Dividend Yield0%
Payout Ratio13%
Assets$1.43B
Total Debt$291.90M
Cash$95.95M
Shares Outstanding11.73M
EV3.6B
Earnings Score95%
Moat Score92%
Safety Score93%
Final Score93%
Working Capital250.76M
Current Ratio2.31
Gross Profit$466.15M
Shares Growth 3y0%
Equity Growth QoQ-1%
Equity Growth YoY11%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries. The company's three reportable segments are: Flow Control segment which consists of the fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines; Industrial Processing segment which consists of the wood processing and stock-preparation product lines; and Material handling systems, which provides conveyor-belt equipment for industries such as mining, food processing, and packaging. The company has a global presence with sizable revenue from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Canada.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Kadant Inc (KAI) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2024
    • 10-K Dec 28
    • 10-Q Sep 28
    • 10-Q Jun 29
    • 10-Q Mar 30
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 30
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jul 01
    • 10-Q Apr 01
  • 2022
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Oct 01
    • 10-Q Jul 02
    • 10-Q Apr 02
    • 10-K Jan 01

Sector Comparison

How does Kadant Inc compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Kadant Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 20%
Stability 89%
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Kadant Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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fcf$134M$157M$183M$213M$248M$289M$338M$394M$459M$535M$624M$6.2B
DCF$142M$151M$160M$170M$180M$191M$202M$214M$227M$241M$2.4B
Value$4.3B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years01/201612/201612/201712/201812/201901/202112/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Net Margins9%8%6%10%7%9%11%13%12%11%11%
ROA-10%8%12%9%9%10%15%14%12%12%
ROE-11%9%16%12%11%15%18%15%13%13%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years01/201612/201612/201712/201812/201901/202112/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Debt over FCF-1.475.063.823.472.751.842.750.852.172.17
Debt over Equity0.140.230.730.470.710.470.490.310.150.340.34
Growth Stability---100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years01/201612/201612/201712/201812/201901/202112/202112/202212/202312/2024CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-6%24%23%11%-10%24%15%6%10%12%
Earnings YoY growth--7%-3%94%-14%6%52%44%-4%-4%22%
Equity YoY growth-6%17%13%14%16%14%16%18%11%16%
FCF YoY growth-39%6%-3%88%-2%75%-50%80%0%7%