Kadant (NYSE:KAI) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.850-2.050 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.440. The company issued revenue guidance of $235.0 million-$242.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $262.0 million. Kadant also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 9.700-10.050 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Kadant Trading Up 7.3 %

KAI stock traded up $26.05 on Thursday, reaching $382.89. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 25,162 shares, compared to its average volume of 88,318. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 2.29. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $364.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $348.70. The firm has a market cap of $4.50 billion, a PE ratio of 38.92 and a beta of 1.29. Kadant has a 12-month low of $249.51 and a 12-month high of $429.95.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The industrial products company reported $2.25 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.08 by $0.17. Kadant had a net margin of 11.12% and a return on equity of 15.10%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Kadant will post 10.11 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kadant

In other news, Director Rebecca Martinez O’mara sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 trade represents a 18.83 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Thomas C. Leonard sold 152 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $398.21, for a total value of $60,527.92. Following the transaction, the director now owns 4,250 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,692,392.50. This trade represents 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. 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.