Kadant Inc.(KAI)
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- 52-Week Range
- $244.87 – $369.97
- YTD
- +12.73%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 63.17
- Straddle Price
- $22.25
- P/C Vol Ratio
- 4.23
- Market Cap
- $3.8B
A blended fair-value estimate combining up to six valuation methods. Each method is weighted by how well it fits the company — DCF down-weights for unprofitable names; DDM only fires for steady dividend payers; comparables down-weight when peer multiples disagree.
- DCF (quality-aware) — projects free cash flow with a horizon that scales to business quality. True compounders (quality 6/6) get 10 years explicit + 10 years fade before terminal; cyclical/struggling names (quality 0-1) get a 5-year terminal cliff. Quality is scored from ROE, gross margin, growth, FCF margin, debt load, and FCF consistency — the same factors that drive market premium for compounders.
- Market-Implied Growth (in Model Inputs) — reverse-DCF that answers "what growth rate is the market pricing in?". Lets you sanity-check the deviation: if implied growth is plausible for the business, the model's bearish flag may be wrong; if implausible, the market may be over-extrapolating.
- DDM (Gordon Growth Dividend Model) — values the stream of future dividends. Only used when trailing yield ≥ 0.5% and dividend payments are stable.
- P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/B, P/S — applies the peer-group median multiple to this company's per-share metric. Peers come from the same set as the "Related symbols" card. Earnings/sales metrics are forward-tilted by the company's recent revenue growth (capped at 25%) so they're comparable to peers' growth-embedded multiples — mimics how analysts use NTM rather than TTM. Per-multiple weights are biased by company quality (e.g. P/B down-weighted for asset-light tech).
- Market Anchor (SMA50) — the 50-day moving average, weighted by recent trading-range stability (tighter Bollinger bands → higher weight). Captures information fundamentals miss (forward consensus, sentiment, supply/demand) — but only when recent trading is steady enough that the market has converged on a view. During wild breakouts or breakdowns the anchor's weight collapses.
- Options Expected (B-L 30d) — the risk-neutral expected stock price at 30-day options expiration, derived from the full implied-volatility surface via Breeden-Litzenberger (second derivative of call price wrt strike → implied PDF, then E[S_T]). Forward-looking, captures all options-implied information (smile, skew, term structure) in one number. Weighted by chain liquidity. SP500-only at present (pre-computed daily). Backtest evidence: adds modest alpha across most bucket × holding combos.
- Blended value — weighted average. Confidence reflects how many methods fired and how tight peer dispersion is.
- Deviation pill — green when blended FV ≥ 10% above current price (undervalued); red when ≥ 10% below; grey otherwise.
| 10-yr Treasury (rf) | 4.50% |
| Beta vs SPY | 1.00 |
| Cost of Equity (CAPM) | 10.00% (VRP-adj) |
| WACC | 9.44% |
| Volatility Risk Premium | +26.1pp (IV − HV30), ERP adj +50bps |
| Effective Tax Rate | 28.7% |
| Rev. Growth (YoY, DCF input) | +10.3% |
| DCF Horizon | 10 years explicit + fade |
| Forward Tilt (NTM/TTM) | ×1.10 (applied to P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/S) |
| Free Cash Flow (TTM) | $0.2B |
| Return on Equity (TTM) | 10.4% |
| Book / Price | 26.5% |
| Gross Margin (TTM) | 45.0% |
| FCF Margin (TTM) | 14.1% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.36 |
| Quality Score | 2/6 — normal (10y DCF) |
| Market-Implied Growth | +12.4% (reverse-DCF on current price) |
| SMA 50 | $311.58 (Market Anchor value) |
| SMA 20 / Bollinger Mid | $302.34 |
| Bollinger Width / SMA20 | 5.7% (drives anchor stability) |
| Net Debt | $0.2B |
| Market Cap | $4B |
| Horizon | Expected α | z Pred | Blended z | Rank % | Active? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21d | -7.3% | -1.72 | -0.40 | 96.9% | — |
| 42d | -9.1% | -1.35 | -0.40 | 96.9% | — |
| 63d | -10.1% | -1.10 | -0.40 | 96.9% | — |
| Method | Implied Price | Weight | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCF | $282.37 | 20% | |
| DDM (Gordon) | $36.54 | 16% | |
| Peer P/E | $331.47 | 6% | median 34.4× · 8 peers |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | $446.01 | 6% | median 23.2× · 8 peers |
| Peer P/B | $919.35 | 6% | median 10.8× · 8 peers |
| Peer P/S | $393.93 | 6% | median 3.9× · 8 peers |
| Market Anchor (SMA50) | $311.58 | 40% | stability 100% (BB-width) |
| Options Expected (B-L 30d) | n/a | 0% |
- Industry (SIC)
- SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY (NO METALWORKING MACHINERY) (3550)
- Exchange
- XNYS
- Market Cap
- $3.8B
Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries. The company's three reportable segments are the Flow Control segment which consists of the fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines; the Industrial Processing segment which consists of the wood processing and stock-preparation product lines; and Material handling systems, which provides conveyor-belt equipment for industries such as mining, food processing, and packaging. The company has a geographic presence in the U.S., China, Asia, German…
| Month | Avg Return | Years of Data |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.18% | 6 |
| Feb | +6.29% | 6 |
| Mar | -4.07% | 6 |
| Apr | -7.27% | 6 |
| May | +4.03% | 6 |
| Jun | +4.13% | 6 |
| Jul | +9.37% | 5 |
| Aug | +0.87% | 5 |
| Sep | -0.16% | 5 |
| Oct | +0.82% | 5 |
| Nov | +11.75% | 5 |
| Dec | -1.53% | 5 |
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
Momentum Oscillators
Volume & Volatility
Data Summary
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| Earnings Date | Timing | Expected Move | Actual Move | Ratio | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-30 | After-Close | 6.11% | 1.44% | 0.24x | Within |
| 2024-10-29 | After-Close | 6.86% | 4.73% | 0.69x | Within |
| 2025-02-12 | After-Close | 5.11% | 8.76% | 1.71x | Exceeded |
| 2025-04-29 | After-Close | 7.60% | 5.77% | 0.76x | Within |
| 2025-07-29 | After-Close | 7.49% | 4.12% | 0.55x | Within |
| 2025-10-28 | After-Close | 9.80% | 0.78% | 0.08x | Within |
| 2026-02-18 | After-Close | 6.21% | 0.55% | 0.09x | Within |
| 2026-05-05 | After-Close | 7.80% | 13.82% | 1.77x | Exceeded |
- IV Rank (30D)
- 63.17
- IV Rank (7D)
- 63.17
- Avg IV
- 70.1%
- Straddle (30D)
- $22.25
- Straddle (7D)
- $22.25
- P/C Volume
- 4.23
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
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Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
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Enter a ticker to render the implied volatility smile.
- Beta (1Y vs SPY)
- 1.58
- Correlation (SPY)
- 50.2%
- R²
- 0.25
- Ann. Volatility
- 39.2%
- SPY Volatility
- 12.5%
High volatility - stock moves more than market
Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Custodian | $1.78M | 47.23% | 2026-03-31 |
| 2 | SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Custodian | $584.70K | 15.49% | 2026-03-31 |
| 3 | IMC-Chicago, LLC Custodian | $438.52K | 11.61% | 2026-03-31 |
| 4 | JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Custodian | $292.35K | 7.74% | 2026-03-31 |
| 5 | CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Custodian | $233.88K | 6.19% | 2026-03-31 |
| 6 | SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC Custodian | $233.88K | 6.19% | 2026-03-31 |
| 7 | WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Custodian | $209.02K | 5.54% | 2025-09-30 |
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Custodian | $818.58K | 65.12% | 2026-03-31 |
| 2 | JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Custodian | $438.52K | 34.88% | 2026-03-31 |
| Filed | Reporter | Role | Action | Shares | Avg Price | Net $ | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | Jeffrey L Powell | President & CEO | Gift (G) | −12,282 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-05-27 | STACY D. KRAUSE | SVP, GC and Secretary | Sell (S) | −1,227 | $334.17 | -$410.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-18 | Thomas Andrew Blanchard | Vice President | Sell (S) | −1,400 | $322.04 | -$450.9K | EDGAR |
| 2026-04-06 | Rebecca Martinez O'Mara | Director | Exer (M) | +129 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-06 | Erin L Russell | Director | Exer (M) | +129 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-06 | Jonathan W Painter | Director | Exer (M) | +129 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-06 | JOHN M ALBERTINE | Director | Exer (M) | +129 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-06 | THOMAS C LEONARD | Director | Exer (M) | +129 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-03-12 | Erin L Russell | Director | Award (A) | — | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-03-12 | JOHN M ALBERTINE | Director | Award (A) | — | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-03-12 | Rebecca Martinez O'Mara | Director | Award (A) | — | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-03-12 | Jonathan W Painter | Director | Award (A) | — | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-03-12 | Jeffrey L Powell | President & CEO | Gift (G) | −48,667 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-03-12 | MICHAEL J MCKENNEY | Executive Vice President & CFO | Mixed | +1,798 | $334.17 | -$564.7K | EDGAR |
| 2026-03-12 | Dara F Mitchell | Senior VP, Corp. Development | Mixed | +733 | $334.17 | -$231.2K | EDGAR |
| # | Insider | Role | Shares | Disclosed Exposure | Lifetime OM Net | Filings | Last Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WILLIAM A RAINVILLE | Director | 79,785 | $25.89M | -$14.22M | 81 | 2019-05-17 |
| 2 | Jeffrey L Powell | President & CEO | 60,949 | $19.78M | -$11.98M | 51 | 2026-06-03 |
| 3 | FRANCIS L MCKONE | Director | 44,011 | $14.28M | -$388.5K | 29 | 2013-01-02 |
| 4 | Eric T Langevin | Executive Vice President & COO | 33,141 | $10.76M | -$13.73M | 54 | 2022-04-01 |
| 5 | JOHN K ALLEN | Director | 31,605 | $10.26M | -$442.2K | 16 | 2010-07-07 |
| 6 | EDWARD J SINDONI | EXECUTIVE VP AND COO | 27,800 | $9.02M | -$1.40M | 11 | 2009-03-11 |
| 7 | THOMAS M OBRIEN | CFO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT | 22,721 | $7.37M | -$5.82M | 40 | 2015-05-28 |
| 8 | DEBORAH SELWOOD | Senior Vice President & CAO | 21,064 | $6.84M | $0 | 24 | 2026-03-12 |
| 9 | SANDRA L LAMBERT | VP, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY | 18,997 | $6.17M | -$58.62M | 47 | 2018-07-03 |
| 10 | MICHAEL J MCKENNEY | Executive Vice President & CFO | 14,669 | $4.76M | -$10.70M | 61 | 2026-03-12 |
What is Form 144? A notice of intent to sell restricted or control stock under Rule 144. Affiliates (officers, directors, 10%+ owners) and holders of restricted shares must file Form 144 when planning to sell more than 5,000 shares or $50,000 in any 3-month rolling window.
How it relates to Form 4: Form 144 is filed before the trade (up to 90 days in advance); Form 4 is filed within 2 business days after the trade executes. Not every Form 144 results in a sale — the filer may cancel or delay. Look for the corresponding Form 4 on the Insider Activity card to confirm a sale actually happened.
10b5-1 plans: Trades made under a pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 plan are not discretionary — they execute automatically on dates set months earlier, regardless of news. High 10b5-1 percentages mean less per-filing signal value, though cumulative selling volume still matters.
"Notice value": Aggregate market value the filer wrote into the Form 144 — i.e. the size of the planned sale, not necessarily the executed dollars. Amendments (Form 144/A) and post-cancellation refilings can inflate this if you sum naively; the rollup above excludes filings with zero stated value.
Source & freshness: Parsed directly from EDGAR primary-doc XML. Daily refresh; new filings typically appear here the morning after they hit EDGAR.
| Filed | Filer | Role | Shares | Notice Value | Planned Sale | Broker | Plan | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | KRAUSE STACY D. | Officer | 1,227 | $409.9K | 2026-05-27 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-18 | Blanchard Thomas Andrew | Director | 1,400 | $450.7K | 2026-05-18 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-11-25 | Russell Erin L | Director | 1,435 | $405.0K | 2025-11-25 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-11-12 | O'Mara Rebecca Martinez | Director | 699 | $186.4K | 2025-11-11 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-08-27 | LEONARD THOMAS C | Director | 415 | $140.3K | 2025-08-27 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-08-18 | Blanchard Thomas Andrew | Officer | 714 | $244.8K | 2025-08-18 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-06-13 | Flynn Peter J. | Officer | 1,500 | $479.9K | 2025-06-13 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-03-19 | Blanchard Thomas Andrew | Officer | 325 | $110.9K | 2025-03-19 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-02-28 | MCKENNEY MICHAEL J | Officer | 8,026 | $2.97M | 2025-02-28 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| 2024-11-19 | LEONARD THOMAS C | Director | 152 | $60.4K | 2024-11-19 | Wells Fargo Clearing Services | — | EDGAR |
| # | ETF | Provider | Weight | $ Exposure | ETF AUM | As Of |
|---|
Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.
- Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
- Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
- Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
- Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
- Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
- YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
- Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
- Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.
TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.
| P/E Ratio | 36.8 |
| P/B Ratio | 3.8 |
| P/S Ratio | 3.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.8 |
| TTM Revenue | $1.1B |
| TTM Net Income | $0.1B |
| TTM EPS | $8.77 |
| ROE | 10.4% |
| Dividend Yield | 0.47% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.36 |