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Kadant Inc (KAI) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

Kadant Inc and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Kadant Inc and X-Energy, Inc. are of similar size ($3.7B and $3.5B). Kadant Inc has the higher net margin (9.81% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.35% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, Kadant Inc leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric KAI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 30.03 — 25.64
P/S 2.96 18.03 2.81
P/B 3.42 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 22.03 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 16.71 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 3.23 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 3.33% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 4.54% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric KAI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 44.36% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 15.43% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 9.81% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 0.00% — 10.73%
Return on assets 6.88% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 8.35% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric KAI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.57% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (8.76%) — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.63% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.06% — 6.58%

Health

Metric KAI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.43 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 8.58 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 1.21 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric KAI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.47% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.14 — 0.31

Size

Metric KAI XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 3.54b 3.66b 2.19b

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