Kadant Inc. (KAI)
Technology · NYSE · US
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Kadant Inc. trades at USD319.03. We do not hold enough of the inputs to run a discounted cash flow on this company, so we publish no fair value for it rather than a number we would not defend.
About Kadant Inc.
Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems, equipment, and integrated technologies, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems, as well as doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning showers and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment provides ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, and industrial automation and control products. This segment also offers recycling and approach flow systems, virgin pulping process equipment, boiler cleaning technologies, and single and double-screw presses. The Material Handling segment provides vibratory and conveying equipment; individual components and equipment for baling recyclable and waste materials; and fiber-based products. It sells its products and services through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
KAI passes 1 of our 30 screens today
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Smart money ownership
8 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Select Equity Group, Select Equity Group, L.P.$25.91M · 0.1% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$21.20M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$6.11M · 0.0% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$2.00M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$1.97M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Which funds own KAI?
8 of the institutions we track reported a position in KAI in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
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