Kadant Inc (KAI) · Peers
Kadant against the 19 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 355x (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 20, highest first.
Measure by measure
| Measure | KAI | Peer median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market value | $3.12B | median $1.35B | 8 of 20 |
| P/E | 28.4× | median 37.2× | 9 of 15 |
| Forward P/E | 21.9× | median 27.9× | 11 of 14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6× | median 17.2× | 9 of 15 |
| P/S | 2.7× | median 2.8× | 12 of 20 |
| FCF yield | 5.1% | median 1.9% | 5 of 20 |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | median 0.6% | 5 of 8 |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | median 43.0% | 7 of 20 |
| Operating margin | 15.0% | median 8.1% | 6 of 20 |
| Net margin | 9.5% | median 9.6% | 11 of 20 |
| ROIC | 10.8% | median 10.1% | 9 of 19 |
| ROE | 10.7% | median 8.4% | 7 of 19 |
| Revenue growth (4y, yearly) | 7.5% | median 6.1% | 9 of 20 |
| EPS growth (yearly) | 4.7% | median 6.0% | 8 of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1× | median 2.2× | 5 of 5 |
| Current ratio | 2.6× | median 4.3× | 15 of 20 |
| Stock pay / revenue | 1.0% | median 1.7% | 13 of 20 |
| Share count change | 0.2% | median -0.7% | 9 of 20 |
Green where Kadant is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.
The peers, largest first
| Company | Market value | P/E | ROIC | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAIKadant Inc | $3.12B | P/E 28.4× | 10.8% | 5.3 |
| ASMLASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares | $632.81B | P/E 59.2× | 89.4% | 6.2 |
| LRCXLam Research Corp | $330.27B | P/E 45.5× | 80.6% | 5.9 |
| NVTnVent Electric plc | $22.99B | P/E 38.4× | 12.4% | 5.4 |
| PNRPENTAIR plc | $8.64B | P/E 12.9× | 12.7% | 5.7 |
| JBTMJBT MAREL Corp | $5.41B | P/E 28.1× | 3.8% | 4.9 |
| ACMRACM Research, Inc. | $3.81B | P/E 25.4× | 10.3% | 4.9 |
| ACLSAxcelis Technologies Inc | $3.35B | P/E 36.1× | 10.0% | 5.3 |
| VECOVeeco Instruments Inc | $2.61B | P/E 112.4× | 2.1% | 4.7 |
| AZTAAzenta, Inc. | $1.49B | P/E – | -11.7% | 4.6 |
| CRCTCricut, Inc. | $1.35B | P/E 15.4× | 103.1% | 6.6 |
| KRNTKornit Digital Ltd. | $785.09M | P/E – | -4.4% | 4.2 |
| ERIIEnergy Recovery, Inc. | $339.45M | P/E 22.1× | 14.2% | 6.2 |
| ASYSAmtech Systems Inc | $224.10M | P/E 56.0× | 16.0% | 5.3 |
| VELOVelo3D, Inc. | $218.45M | P/E – | -62.5% | 4.5 |
| SOTKSono TEK Corp | $96.82M | P/E 47.0× | 44.7% | 6.2 |
| TRTTrio-Tech International | $49.75M | P/E 143.0× | 2.2% | 5.2 |
| CVVCVD Equipment Corp | $26.90M | P/E 2.7× | -27.2% | 4.8 |
| GLGIGreystone Logistics, Inc. | $7.09M | P/E – | -7.6% | 3.1 |
| OCLNOriginclear, Inc. | $4.87M | P/E – | – | 4.6 |
The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.