Head to Head Survey: Kadant (NYSE:KAI) and BrewBilt Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:BBRW)

BrewBilt Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:BBRW) and Kadant (NYSE:KAI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kadant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for BrewBilt Manufacturing and Kadant, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrewBilt Manufacturing	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kadant	0	2	1	0	2.33

Kadant has a consensus target price of $337.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Given BrewBilt Manufacturing’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BrewBilt Manufacturing is more favorable than Kadant.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BrewBilt Manufacturing and Kadant”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrewBilt Manufacturing	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.24)	N/A
Kadant	$1.02 billion	3.95	$111.60 million	$8.65	39.72

Kadant has higher revenue and earnings than BrewBilt Manufacturing. BrewBilt Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares BrewBilt Manufacturing and Kadant’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrewBilt Manufacturing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kadant	9.96%	11.97%	7.41%

Volatility and Risk

BrewBilt Manufacturing has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kadant beats BrewBilt Manufacturing on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BrewBilt Manufacturing

BrewBilt Manufacturing Inc. custom designs, hand crafts, and integrates brewing, fermentation, and distillation processing systems for the craft beer industry in California. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Grass Valley, California.

About Kadant

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning shower and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, industrial automation and control, recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuel industries. The Material Handling segment offers conveying and vibratory equipment, and baling products; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company markets and sells its products, services, and systems through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.