XNYS · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$265.56-0.58%
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Implied upside
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
37/100
Weak
Score components
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Kadant scores 37 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%52Moderate
- Revenue growth 12.5%
- EPS growth 3.6%
Valuation
25%41Weak
- P/E 28.6
- EV/Sales 3.1
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#171 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 37 vs sector average 49.1 (-12.1)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 34%
Gross margin (industry)Top 22%
Return on equity (industry)Top 64%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 62%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
10/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 10th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 22/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
3 buy · 5 sell · 0 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates KAI's technical setup weak — 10th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-14.5%
- vs 50-day-13.3%
Momentum
Constructive
- RSI (14)27 · buy
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength52· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -2.764)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 4 sell · 0 neutral.
Result — 3 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)28.6
- P/S (TTM)2.7
- P/B3.1
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales3.1
- PEG8.03
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin44.4%
- Net margin9.5%
- ROE10.9%
- Debt/Equity0.50
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)12.5%
- EPS growth (YoY)3.6%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $3.1B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAICurrentKadant | 37 | 22 | 28.6 | — | 3.1 | 3.1 | $265.56 | -0.58% | +12.5% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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