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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$153.74
Intrinsic $204.99 · 25% MOS
Current price: $293.28
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Kadant Inc (KAI) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to 0.6% historical FCF growth, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $154M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $204.99 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $153.74, suggesting the stock is currently 48% overvalued against the $293.28 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$154M
Cash & equivalents
$117M
Total debt
$365M
Shares outstanding
12M