Kadant (KAI) Competitors

Kadant (NYSE:KAI) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Is KAI or PNR more profitable?

Pentair has a net margin of 16.29% compared to Kadant's net margin of 11.12%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.48% beat Kadant's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kadant	11.12%	15.10%	8.88%
Pentair	16.29%	20.48%	10.48%

Is KAI or PNR a better dividend stock?

Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kadant pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer KAI or PNR?

In the previous week, Kadant and Kadant both had 16 articles in the media. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Kadant's score of 0.80 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kadant	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pentair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KAI or PNR?

Pentair received 334 more outperform votes than Kadant when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.04% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kadant	Outperform Votes 314 58.04%	Underperform Votes 227 41.96%
Pentair	Outperform Votes 648 57.09%	Underperform Votes 487 42.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, KAI or PNR?

Kadant has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KAI or PNR?

Kadant presently has a consensus price target of $330.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.81%. Pentair has a consensus price target of $105.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.92%. Given Pentair's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pentair is more favorable than Kadant.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kadant	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Pentair	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals believe in KAI or PNR?

96.1% of Kadant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kadant shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KAI or PNR?

Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kadant	$957.67M	4.86	$116.07M	$9.77	40.60
Pentair	$4.10B	4.27	$622.70M	$4.00	26.53

Summary

Pentair beats Kadant on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.