KADANT INC (KAI) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:KAI - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US48282T1043 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 1 out of 10 to KAI. 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.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
KAI is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Agreed, the S&P500 Index is also not doing fantastic, but it still sitting in the middle of its 52 week range.
When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, KAI outperforms 40% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.
KAI is an average performer in the Machinery industry, it outperforms 61% of 128 stocks in the same industry.
In the last month KAI has a been trading in the 281.30 - 335.56 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Although the technical rating is bad, KAI does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced.
More info and screens
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378.51
We found 2 important support areas.
- Support @300.10 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 286.23 to 290.30. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
We can see 3 important resistance areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 303.00 to 315.72. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @360.46 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @374.76 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
CRS40.29
Mansfield-1.02
10 Day High318.36
10 Day Low281.3
20 Day High335.56
20 Day Low281.3
52 Week High429.95
52 Week Low266.23
Performance
1 Week-3.55%
2 Weeks-1.72%
1 Month-5.73%
3 Month-19.52%
6 Month-12.6%
12 Month10.15%
2 Year58.19%
3 Year62.13%
5 Year209.94%
10 Year537.18%
15 Year1436.66%
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)0.77
RSI(14)42.7
LBB285.72
UBB325.88
300.11
+5.58 (+1.89%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryMachinery
Performance
% Chg1.89%
1 Week-3.55%
2 Weeks-1.72%
1 Month-5.73%
3 Month-19.52%
6 Month-12.6%
12 Month10.15%
2 Year58.19%
3 Year62.13%
5 Year209.94%
10 Year537.18%
15 Year1436.66%
Volatility
ATR(14)13.72
ATR(20)%5.92%
ATR Inc-33.78%
Range Today6.34
ADR(20)15.23
ADR(20)%5.07%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS40.29
Mansfield-1.02
10 Day High318.36
10 Day Low281.3
20 Day High335.56
20 Day Low281.3
52 Week High429.95
52 Week Low266.23
CS1 End300.1
CR1 Start303
Volume & EV
DER(3)-0.68%
DER(5)-1.62%
Volume120.10K
Volume Incr25.11%
Vol(5)185.18K
Vol(50)153.12K