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.
Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.
KAI is one of the better performing stocks in the Machinery industry, it outperforms 73% of 128 stocks in the same industry.
When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, KAI outperforms 44% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.
KAI is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
In the last month KAI has a been trading in the 281.30 - 352.37 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
KAI has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is very little resistance above the current price.
More info and screens
283.37
381.72
We found 2 important support areas.
- Support @303.48 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- Support @286.23 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
We can see 3 important resistance areas.
- Resistance @328.65 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @363.00 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @377.94 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
CRS44.03
Mansfield-0.39
10 Day High335.56
10 Day Low281.3
20 Day High352.37
20 Day Low281.3
52 Week High429.95
52 Week Low249.51
Performance
1 Week-4.88%
2 Weeks4.1%
1 Month-12.54%
3 Month-19.68%
6 Month-4.1%
12 Month7.48%
2 Year63.32%
3 Year64.05%
5 Year260.91%
10 Year495.55%
15 Year1416.69%
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)42.01
LBB284.56
UBB331.07
303.49
+8.91 (+3.02%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryMachinery
Performance
% Chg3.02%
1 Week-4.88%
2 Weeks4.1%
1 Month-12.54%
3 Month-19.68%
6 Month-4.1%
12 Month7.48%
2 Year63.32%
3 Year64.05%
5 Year260.91%
10 Year495.55%
15 Year1416.69%
Volatility
ATR(14)21.26
ATR(20)%6.2%
ATR Inc-29.94%
Range Today12.86
ADR(20)16.46
ADR(20)%5.42%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS44.03
Mansfield-0.39
10 Day High335.56
10 Day Low281.3
20 Day High352.37
20 Day Low281.3
52 Week High429.95
52 Week Low249.51
CS1 End303.48
CR1 Start328.65
Volume & EV
DER(3)-0.37%
DER(5)-0.36%
Volume164.35K
Volume Incr-1.14%
Vol(5)151.85K
Vol(50)206.37K