Kadant (NYSE:KAI) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 9.700-10.050 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 10.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.1 billion. Kadant also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.850-2.050 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Barrington Research lifted their target price on Kadant from $360.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th.

Kadant Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of KAI stock traded down $6.00 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $358.35. 102,252 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 90,555. The stock has a market cap of $4.21 billion, a PE ratio of 36.68 and a beta of 1.29. Kadant has a 12 month low of $249.51 and a 12 month high of $429.95. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $365.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is $348.63. The company has a quick ratio of 1.46, a current ratio of 2.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The industrial products company reported $2.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.08 by $0.17. Kadant had a return on equity of 15.10% and a net margin of 11.12%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Kadant will post 10.11 EPS for the current year.

Kadant Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th were paid a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 10th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.36%. Kadant’s payout ratio is presently 13.10%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kadant

In related news, Director Rebecca Martinez O’mara sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $392.59, for a total value of $117,777.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,293 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $507,618.87. This represents a 18.83 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Thomas C. Leonard sold 152 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $398.21, for a total transaction of $60,527.92. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 4,250 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,692,392.50. The trade was a 3.45 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,052 shares of company stock valued at $416,655. Company insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

Kadant Company Profile

Kadant Inc supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning shower and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems.