KAI Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Kadant's net margin of 18.23%. Kadant's return on equity of 13.15% beat Illinois Tool Works's return on equity of 105.72%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $335.00, signalling upside risk potential of 0.12%. On the other hand Illinois Tool Works has an analysts' consensus of $250.78 which suggests that it could fall by -2.69%. Given that Kadant has higher upside potential than Illinois Tool Works, analysts believe Kadant is more attractive than Illinois Tool Works.

Kadant has a beta of 1.248, which suggesting that the stock is 24.801% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.093, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 9.28%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.49%. Illinois Tool Works offers a yield of 2.33% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share. Kadant pays 13.15% of its earnings as a dividend. Illinois Tool Works pays out 48.6% 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 $239.2M, which are smaller than Illinois Tool Works quarterly revenues of $3.8B. Kadant's net income of $24.1M is lower than Illinois Tool Works's net income of $700M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 35.52x while Illinois Tool Works's PE ratio is 22.66x. 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 3.78x versus 4.85x for Illinois Tool Works. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Nordson has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Kadant's net margin of 16.46%. Kadant's return on equity of 13.15% beat Nordson's return on equity of 15.49%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $335.00, signalling upside risk potential of 0.12%. On the other hand Nordson has an analysts' consensus of $251.57 which suggests that it could grow by 15.68%. Given that Nordson has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe Nordson is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.248, which suggesting that the stock is 24.801% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Nordson has a beta of 0.886, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 11.439%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.49%. Nordson offers a yield of 1.44% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.78 per share. Kadant pays 13.15% 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 $239.2M, which are smaller than Nordson quarterly revenues of $682.9M. Kadant's net income of $24.1M is lower than Nordson's net income of $112.4M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 35.52x while Nordson's PE ratio is 27.95x. 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 3.78x versus 4.62x for Nordson. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Kadant's net margin of 18.95%. Kadant's return on equity of 13.15% beat Taylor Devices's return on equity of 15.37%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $335.00, signalling upside risk potential of 0.12%. On the other hand Taylor Devices has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by -5.22%. Given that Kadant has higher upside potential than Taylor Devices, analysts believe Kadant is more attractive than Taylor Devices.

Kadant has a beta of 1.248, which suggesting that the stock is 24.801% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.874, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 12.635%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.49%. Taylor Devices offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Kadant pays 13.15% of its earnings as a dividend. Taylor Devices pays out -- 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 $239.2M, which are larger than Taylor Devices quarterly revenues of $10.6M. Kadant's net income of $24.1M is higher than Taylor Devices's net income of $2M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 35.52x while Taylor Devices's PE ratio is 18.15x. 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 3.78x versus 3.47x for Taylor Devices. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

TPI Composites has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Kadant's net margin of -14.37%. Kadant's return on equity of 13.15% beat TPI Composites's return on equity of -248.14%.

Kadant has a consensus price target of $335.00, signalling upside risk potential of 0.12%. On the other hand TPI Composites has an analysts' consensus of $1.68 which suggests that it could grow by 91.47%. Given that TPI Composites has higher upside potential than Kadant, analysts believe TPI Composites is more attractive than Kadant.

Kadant has a beta of 1.248, which suggesting that the stock is 24.801% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison TPI Composites has a beta of 2.000, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 99.997%.

Kadant has a quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.49%. TPI Composites offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Kadant pays 13.15% of its earnings as a dividend. TPI Composites pays out -- 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 $239.2M, which are smaller than TPI Composites quarterly revenues of $336.2M. Kadant's net income of $24.1M is higher than TPI Composites's net income of -$48.3M. Notably, Kadant's price-to-earnings ratio is 35.52x while TPI Composites's PE ratio is --. 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 3.78x versus 0.03x for TPI Composites. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.