Kadant (NYSE:KAI) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 9.700-10.050 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Kadant Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of KAI stock traded up $9.43 on Thursday, hitting $366.27. 61,200 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 89,535. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 2.29. Kadant has a one year low of $249.51 and a one year high of $429.95. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $364.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $348.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.49 and a beta of 1.29.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The industrial products company reported $2.25 earnings per share (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%. Equities analysts forecast that Kadant will post 10.11 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Insider Transactions at Kadant

In other news, VP Fredrik H. Westerhout sold 600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $397.25, for a total value of $238,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 1,437 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $570,848.25. This trade represents a 29.46 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, 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 transaction of $117,777.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 1,293 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $507,618.87. This represents a 18.83 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In 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.

About Kadant

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.