KADANT INC (KAI) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:KAI - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US48282T1043 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, KAI scores 1 out of 10 in our technical rating. KAI has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.
KAI is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. But, the S&P500 Index is also trading in the lower part of its yearly range, so KAI is not an exception.
In the last month KAI has a been trading in the 287.88 - 352.37 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
KAI is one of the better performing stocks in the Machinery industry, it outperforms 76% of 128 stocks in the same industry.
When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, KAI outperforms 49% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
The technical rating of KAI is bad and it also does not present a quality setup at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.
More info and screens
281.15
383.09
5 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 290.30 to 291.53. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @305.36 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 325.79 to 328.65. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @365.55 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @379.30 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS49.09
Mansfield-0.16
10 Day High335.56
10 Day Low287.88
20 Day High352.37
20 Day Low287.88
52 Week High429.95
52 Week Low249.51
Performance
1 Week-2.16%
2 Weeks-4.08%
1 Month-10.5%
3 Month-16.8%
6 Month-6.92%
12 Month8.29%
2 Year64.33%
3 Year65.06%
5 Year263.15%
10 Year499.24%
15 Year1426.09%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.22
RSI(14)39.22
LBB286.16
UBB350.32
NYSE:KAI (4/21/2025, 2:03:46 PM)
283.99
-21.38 (-7%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryMachinery
Performance
% Chg-7%
1 Week-2.16%
2 Weeks-4.08%
1 Month-10.5%
3 Month-16.8%
6 Month-6.92%
12 Month8.29%
2 Year64.33%
3 Year65.06%
5 Year263.15%
10 Year499.24%
15 Year1426.09%
Volatility
ATR(14)20.38
ATR(20)%5.75%
ATR Inc-31.15%
Range Today18.7
ADR(20)15.33
ADR(20)%5.4%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS49.09
Mansfield-0.16
10 Day High335.56
10 Day Low287.88
20 Day High352.37
20 Day Low287.88
52 Week High429.95
52 Week Low249.51
CS1 End305.36
CR1 Start325.79
Volume & EV
DER(3)0.58%
DER(5)0.73%
Volume92.99K
Volume Incr-20.86%
Vol(5)119.36K
Vol(50)199.59K