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Kadant Inc (KAI) vs MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA)

Kadant Inc and MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS is the larger, with a market value of $3.4B against $3.1B — 1.1× the size. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS trades at the lower P/E: 15.2× against 28.4×. Kadant Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.5% against 5.88%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has the higher net margin (15.0% vs 9.52%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.7% vs 7.70%). Both pay a dividend; MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS yields more (1.29% vs 0.54%). Across the 23 metrics below, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS leads on 16 and Kadant Inc on 7.

Valuation

Metric KAI MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 28.39 15.22 28.39
P/S 2.71 2.30 2.70
P/B 3.02 3.04 3.02
Price to free cash flow 19.42 21.08 23.32
EV/EBITDA 15.13 9.97 15.39
EV/Sales 3.03 2.27 2.81
Earnings yield 3.52% 6.57% 3.12%
Free cash flow yield 5.15% 4.74% 3.24%

Profitability

Metric KAI MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 44.44% 37.86% 35.90%
Operating margin 15.04% 19.42% 11.22%
Net margin 9.52% 15.02% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 13.93% 12.23% 9.51%
Return on equity 11.13% 21.68% 10.50%
Return on assets 6.50% 12.06% 4.60%
Return on invested capital 7.70% 16.66% 5.36%

Growth

Metric KAI MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.50% 5.88% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (8.76%) 64.86% 4.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.63% 8.20% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.06% 21.63% 5.04%

Health

Metric KAI MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.49 0.40 0.35
Current ratio 2.59 4.64 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 1.21 0.07 1.32

Dividend

Metric KAI MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.54% 1.29% 1.10%
Payout ratio 0.15 0.20 0.31

Size

Metric KAI MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 3.06b 3.38b 1.91b

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