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 $341.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.49%. On the other hand ITT has an analysts' consensus of $170.40 which suggests that it could grow by 18.09%. Given that ITT has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe ITT is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.255, which suggesting that the stock is 25.464% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison ITT has a beta of 1.402, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 40.234%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.35%. ITT offers a yield of 0.88% 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 36.24x while ITT's PE ratio is 24.62x. 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 4.03x versus 3.37x 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 $341.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.49%. On the other hand Nordson has an analysts' consensus of $257.29 which suggests that it could grow by 21.2%. Given that Nordson has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe Nordson is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.255, which suggesting that the stock is 25.464% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Nordson has a beta of 0.902, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 9.831%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.35%. Nordson offers a yield of 1.33% 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 36.24x while Nordson's PE ratio is 26.18x. 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 4.03x versus 4.55x 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 $341.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.49%. On the other hand RBC Bearings has an analysts' consensus of $338.20 which suggests that it could grow by 11.02%. Given that RBC Bearings has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe RBC Bearings is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.255, which suggesting that the stock is 25.464% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.548, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 54.815%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.35%. 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 36.24x while RBC Bearings's PE ratio is 44.47x. 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 4.03x versus 5.60x 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 $341.67, signalling downside risk potential of -3.49%. On the other hand Regal Rexnord has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 31.5%. Given that Regal Rexnord has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe Regal Rexnord is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.255, which suggesting that the stock is 25.464% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Regal Rexnord has a beta of 0.992, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 0.79900000000001%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.35%. Regal Rexnord offers a yield of 0.88% 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 36.24x while Regal Rexnord's PE ratio is 50.02x. 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 4.03x versus 1.71x for Regal Rexnord. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.