Both in Special Industry Machinery

Kadant vs nVent Electric

Over the past year KAI returned −11.7% and NVT returned +35.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

KAI −11.7% NVT +35.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricKAINVT
Price$268.10$140.75
Market cap$3.17B$22.78B
Today−0.12%+4.62%
1 month+0.4%−12.9%
6 months−12.4%+2.5%
Year to date−5.9%+38.0%
1 year−11.7%+35.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+22.6%+52.8%
Gross margin43.8%37.9%
Net margin10.4%14.7%
P/E (TTM)28.9×38.1×
Price / sales2.7×4.7×
Net cash-$376.1M-$1.24B
Dividend yield0.54%0.60%
Volatility (60d)27.3%55.2%
Short % of float7.7%3.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).