Kadant vs nVent Electric
KAI and NVT side by side, both in special industry machinery, except metalworking. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KAI and NVT compare
nVent Electric is the larger company, worth 6.5 times as much as Kadant ($20.4B against $3.1B).
On earnings, Kadant is cheaper: it trades at 28.6× trailing earnings, against 30.4× for nVent Electric.
nVent Electric grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (48.0% versus 12.5% for Kadant).
nVent Electric keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.8% compared with 9.5% at Kadant.
Both pay dividends: Kadant yields 0.54% and nVent Electric 0.50%.
Kadant scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 13 for nVent Electric), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KAI | NVT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $20.4B |
| Share price | $265.28 | $125.98 |
| Change, 1 year | −11.8% | 18.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 13.9% | 239% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.03 | 1.30 |
| Employees | 3,900 | 12K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.6× (better) | 30.4× |
| P/S | 2.7× (better) | 3.9× |
| P/B | 3.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.3× (better) | 22.8× |
| P/FCF | 19.6× (better) | 31.7× |
| PEG | – | 1.39 |
| FCF yield | 5.1% (better) | 3.2% |
| Fair value | $267.26 | $119.23 |
| Margin of safety | 0.74% (better) | −5.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.5% | 48.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.6% | 14.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 12.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 3.5% | 14.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 12.6% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.4% (better) | 36.6% |
| Operating margin | 15.0% | 17.8% (better) |
| Net margin | 9.5% | 12.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 13.9% (better) | 12.1% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.50 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.63 | 1.12 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 9.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.59 (better) | 2.40 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.07 | 4.73 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.54% (better) | 0.50% |
| Payout ratio | 14.8% | 19.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.2% (better) | 2.7% |
| Buyback yield | −0.08% | 0.49% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.46% | 0.99% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 91.0% |
| Held by insiders | 1.2% | 0.80% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.5M (better) | −$51.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.8% | 3.0% |
Go deeper
- KAI stock overview
- KAI income statement
- KAI valuation and score
- NVT stock overview
- NVT income statement
- NVT valuation and score
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