KAI PEER ANALYSIS

Kadant Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

KAIKadant Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Industrial Machinery

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

KAIIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	KAI	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
P/E	35.26	—	54.70	24.67●	30.03	—	32.80
P/B	3.66	29.70	2.20	3.98	5.25	1.14●	3.86
EV/EBITDA	17.91	217.34	14.17	11.61●	17.84	—	17.51
P/S	3.33	47.56	1.32●	1.88	3.55	4.49	3.17

Financial Health
Metric	KAI	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.47	2.10	1.64	1.11	1.38	4.41●	1.87
Debt/Equity	36.5%	44.7%	80.8%	12.4%●	40.6%	—	48.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.13	1.74	3.22	-0.16●	0.94	—	1.63

Profitability
Metric	KAI	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	9.4%	-14.2%	2.4%	7.6%	11.8%●	-128.6%	9.6%
ROE	11.1%	-9.7%	4.1%	16.7%	18.3%●	-27.9%	12.9%
ROA	6.6%	-6.2%	1.6%	7.1%	8.6%●	-22.4%	6.0%
EBITDA Margin	19.9%	22.1%●	12.0%	16.0%	21.0%	—	19.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	KAI	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.9%	23.4%●	17.4%	1.3%	0.9%	-24.7%	3.5%
NI Growth	-6.8%	—	—	7.9%●	6.2%	—	0.8%
Div. Yield	0.5%	0.0%	—	2.1%●	1.6%	—	1.1%
Payout	16.4%	0.0%	—	44.6%	42.9%	—	28.0%

Valuation
Metric	KAI	MWA	SXI	MIR	CXT	FELE	Ind. Median
P/E	35.26	18.95●	39.96	169.41	23.46	31.24	32.80
P/B	3.66	3.67	5.24	2.31●	2.46	3.51	3.86
EV/EBITDA	17.91	11.78●	19.06	25.30	14.52	17.11	17.51
P/S	3.33	2.69	4.47	4.33	1.78●	2.16	3.17

Financial Health
Metric	KAI	MWA	SXI	MIR	CXT	FELE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.47	4.57●	3.05	3.19	1.33	2.67	1.87
Debt/Equity	36.5%	42.2%	69.2%	67.1%	122.9%	21.7%●	48.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.13	0.09●	1.82	4.13	4.32	0.72	1.63

Profitability
Metric	KAI	MWA	SXI	MIR	CXT	FELE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	9.4%	14.2%●	11.2%	2.6%	7.6%	6.9%	9.6%
ROE	11.1%	21.3%●	13.7%	1.5%	11.1%	11.4%	12.9%
ROA	6.6%	11.7%●	6.4%	0.8%	4.3%	7.7%	6.0%
EBITDA Margin	19.9%	23.0%	25.9%●	20.5%	17.4%	13.2%	19.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	KAI	MWA	SXI	MIR	CXT	FELE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.9%	6.6%	18.3%●	12.7%	14.0%	8.0%	3.5%
NI Growth	-6.8%	44.1%	63.5%●	—	-22.7%	-15.6%	0.8%
Div. Yield	0.5%	1.1%	0.4%	—	1.3%●	1.0%	1.1%
Payout	16.4%	20.6%	16.1%	—	30.5%	32.8%	28.0%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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