Kadant (NYSE:KAI) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $410.00 price target on shares of Kadant in a research report on Friday.

Kadant Trading Up 9.6 %

Shares of Kadant stock traded up $34.10 during trading on Friday, hitting $388.29. The stock had a trading volume of 70,665 shares, compared to its average volume of 89,276. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $363.64 and a 200 day simple moving average of $348.74. The company has a market capitalization of $4.56 billion, a PE ratio of 39.77 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a quick ratio of 1.46, a current ratio of 2.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. Kadant has a 1 year low of $249.51 and a 1 year high of $429.95.

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The industrial products company reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.08 by $0.17. Kadant had a net margin of 11.12% and a return on equity of 15.10%. On average, research analysts expect that Kadant will post 10.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Kadant

In related news, 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 transaction of $60,527.92. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 4,250 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,692,392.50. The trade was a 3.45 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, VP Fredrik H. Westerhout sold 600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $397.25, for a total transaction of $238,350.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 1,437 shares in the company, valued at $570,848.25. The trade was a 29.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.