Kadant (KAI – Free Report) reported $258.03 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.1%. EPS of $2.25 for the same period compares to $2.41 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.01% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $258.06 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.08, the EPS surprise was +8.17%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers — revenue and earnings — and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company’s underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock’s price performance.
Here is how Kadant performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Material Handling Systems: $61.92 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $63.87 million.
- Revenues- Industrial Processing: $101.43 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $101.25 million.
- Revenues- Flow Control: $94.68 million versus $94.64 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Kadant have returned +2.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite’s +4.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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