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Kadant Inc

The past year was a good year for Kadant Inc investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a profitable period for the investors in Kadant Inc. The stock gained around 53 percent. Over the past 5 years the stock rose a massive 184,87 percent. Kadant Inc's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 331,75 million dollars and 390,11 million dollars. Kadant Inc's net results between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 33,86 million dollars and 34,61 million dollars.

The company mostly operates in the diversified industrials sector. The global diversified companies gained over the past 10 years on average 53 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 240 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a plus of 53 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average the Kadant Inc stock yielded a delivered a dividend yield of around 1,78 percent over the past 5 years.

Kadant Inc financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of around 415,5 million dollars. Of the total balance sheet 148,89 million dollars (35,83 percent) was financed by debt. As per the end of 2015 Kadant Inc's price/earnings-ratio equaled 13. So investors paid for 1 stock 13 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the diversified company equaled around 431,53 million dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 10,87 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

All Kadant Inc's annual reports can be found here. More information about Kadant Inc can be found it's website. .