Brokers Issue Forecasts for Kadant’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:KAI)

Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Kadant in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 1st. DA Davidson analyst K. Yinger anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $1.93 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Neutral” rating and a $275.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Kadant’s current full-year earnings is $9.97 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Kadant’s FY2025 earnings at $9.07 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.65 EPS.

Separately, Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Kadant in a research report on Thursday.

Kadant Price Performance

KAI opened at $300.16 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.46, a current ratio of 2.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $331.99 and its 200 day moving average price is $356.89. Kadant has a fifty-two week low of $266.23 and a fifty-two week high of $429.95. The firm has a market cap of $3.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.66 and a beta of 1.30.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $239.21 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $239.41 million. Kadant had a return on equity of 14.66% and a net margin of 10.59%. Kadant’s quarterly revenue was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.38 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Kadant

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Hilltop National Bank acquired a new stake in Kadant in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Kadant during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in Kadant by 267.9% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 103 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the period. Optimum Investment Advisors boosted its stake in Kadant by 50.0% during the 1st quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 150 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Kadant by 348.1% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 242 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.13% of the company’s stock.

Kadant Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 9th will be issued a $0.34 dividend. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.45%. This is a positive change from Kadant’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 9th. Kadant’s dividend payout ratio is 14.44%.

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.