Both in Special Industry Machinery

Kadant vs Pentair

Over the past year KAI returned −11.7% and PNR returned −40.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.36.

KAI −11.7% PNR −40.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricKAIPNR
Price$268.10$64.63
Market cap$3.17B$10.31B
Today−0.12%+3.75%
1 month+0.4%+20.9%
6 months−12.4%−20.1%
Year to date−5.9%−37.9%
1 year−11.7%−40.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+22.6%−17.0%
Gross margin43.8%42.4%
Net margin10.4%13.8%
P/E (TTM)28.9×15.8×
Price / sales2.7×2.6×
Net cash-$376.1M-$1.51B
Dividend yield0.54%1.67%
Volatility (60d)27.3%35.4%
Short % of float7.7%4.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).