Kadant Inc. KAI R2KR3K

Q: What is the current share price of Kadant Inc. (KAI)?

As of 2026-10-23 16:27 PDT, Kadant Inc. (KAI) trades at $262.39 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $246.29 to $354.72.

Q: What is the market capitalisation of KAI?

Kadant Inc. (KAI) has a market capitalisation of $3.10B on NYSE.

Q: What is the P/E ratio of KAI?

KAI trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.21. The industry average P/E is 25.60. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.07.

Q: Does KAI pay a dividend?

Kadant Inc. (KAI) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.54%.

Q: What is the return on equity (ROE) of KAI?

KAI has a return on equity (ROE) of 11.29%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 10.60%.

Q: Is KAI a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Kadant Inc. (KAI), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States

https://kadant.com

Company Profile ↓

$262.39

-26.03% 1Y

Mkt Cap$3.10B

P/E28.21

P/B3.07

Div. Yield0.54%

52W High$354.72

52W Low$246.29

Book Value$86.62

EPS (TTM)$9.30

Company Overview

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems, equipment, and integrated technologies, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems, as well as doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning showers and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment provides ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, and industrial automation and control products. This segment also offers recycling and approach flow systems, virgin pulping process equipment, boiler cleaning technologies, and single and double-screw presses. The Material Handling segment provides vibratory and conveying equipment; individual components and equipment for baling recyclable and waste materials; and fiber-based products. It sells its products and services 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.

Why Investors Should Care

Consistent Profit Growth

Net profit has compounded at 13.1% per year over the last five years.

Steady Revenue Expansion

Revenue has grown at a 10.1% CAGR over the past five years.

Healthy Margins

Operating margin of 16.8% supports profitability.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

Jan 2026 Revenue of $1.05B (-0.1% YoY); net profit $101.97M.
Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +22.6%, earnings +23.9%.
5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 10.1%, profit CAGR 13.1%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	10.10%
1 Year:	22.60%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	13.06%
1 Year:	23.90%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-26.03%
6 Months:	-15.89%
3 Months:	-15.82%
1 Month:	-4.25%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Bearish

52-Week Range 15% of range

$246.29 $354.72

Trend Signals

Price vs 50-DMABelow
Price vs 200-DMABelow
RSI (14)41.81 · Neutral

Price Performance

1M-4.25%

3M-15.82%

6M-15.89%

1Y-26.03%

Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 28.21 is above the sector median of 25.60 — pricier than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

Price Chart

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Fundamental Growth Charts

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PROS

Compounding revenue at 10.1% over 5 years.
Profit CAGR of 13.1% over 5 years.
Generates positive free cash flow.

CONS

Trading 26.0% below its 52-week high.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

Valuation

Stock P/E

28.21

Industry PE

25.60

Forward P/E

19.42

PEG Ratio

2.64

Book Value

$86.62

Price to Book

3.07

P/S

2.72

EV/EBITDA

14.65

Dividend Yield

0.54%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

10.10%

Profit 5Y

13.06%

Revenue (YoY)

22.60%

Earnings (YoY)

23.90%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

10.60%

ROE

11.29%

ROA

6.79%

Profit Margin

9.52%

Op Margin

16.84%

Gross Margin

44.80%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$2.16

EPS (TTM)

$9.30

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.49

Quick Ratio

1.39

Current Ratio

2.59

Debt

$510.63M

Total Assets

$1.71B

Current Assets

Working Capital

Ownership

Promoter Holding

0.71%

Chg in Prom Hold

0.01%

FII / Inst Holding

113.74%

Chg in FII Hold

-0.13%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$3.10B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$1.15B

EBITDA

$240.51M

Free Cash Flow

$105.73M

Operating Cash Flow

$183.44M

Shares Outstanding

11.81M

Gross Margin

44.80%

Payout Ratio

14.84%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Industrials).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	KAI Kadant Inc. R2KR3K	262.39	28.21	$3.10B	0.54%	10.60%	11.29%	10.10%	13.06%
2	SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. R3KAIDEFENCE	147.49	-134.08	$1.12T	0.00%	-3.22%	-11.95%	34.08%	-3.34%
3	CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPXR3K	687.00	29.57	$315.80B	0.80%	17.98%	56.97%	2.29%	5.24%
4	GE GE Aerospace SPXR3KDEFENCE	285.64	33.60	$296.37B	0.60%	9.52%	48.23%	-7.42%	-5.36%
5	RTX RTX Corporation SPXR3KDEFENCE	191.01	33.69	$257.44B	1.51%	8.28%	12.27%	2.61%	2.62%
6	GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXR3KAI	815.00	23.37	$217.06B	0.22%	6.30%	82.58%	8.68%	-
7	DE Deere & Company SPXR3K	646.15	37.74	$174.22B	0.99%	12.53%	18.24%	3.43%	5.10%
8	UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPXR3K	292.87	23.73	$173.99B	2.01%	15.22%	39.70%	2.30%	7.77%
9	BA The Boeing Company SPXR3KDEFENCE	188.35	67.27	$148.76B	0.00%	-9.01%	-	1.67%	-3.28%

Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Apr 2015	Jul 2015	Oct 2015	Jan 2016	Apr 2016	Jul 2016	Oct 2016	Dec 2016	Apr 2017	Jul 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Jan 2021	Apr 2021	Jul 2021	Oct 2021	Apr 2022	Jul 2022	Oct 2022	Apr 2023	Jul 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Apr 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102.86M	110.24M	152.79M	149.14M	149.19M	154.91M	165.75M	163.94M	171.32M	177.16M	173.50M	182.66M	159.13M	152.86M	154.61M	168.43M	172.46M	195.81M	199.79M	226.48M	221.65M	224.51M	229.76M	245.05M	244.18M	248.97M	274.76M	271.61M	239.21M	255.27M	271.57M	281.50M
Gross Profit	44.34M	45.73M	43.67M	46.39M	43.98M	50.26M	48.08M	46.07M	49.02M	52.85M	64.66M	64.62M	66.08M	68.16M	73.09M	70.94M	70.52M	74.37M	74.25M	74.63M	68.32M	66.45M	68.32M	74.22M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Income	10.37M	12.64M	12.68M	-	10.09M	12.24M	12.56M	-	12.25M	11.66M	19.67M	-	16.66M	19.73M	27.38M	-	18.57M	23.14M	24.55M	-	19.66M	18.12M	21.34M	-	23.43M	33.01M	28.73M	55.97M	37.47M	38.89M	40.11M	43.08M	43.54M	36.93M	48.40M	48.99M	35.59M	39.38M	42.62M	40.11M
Net Income	6.90M	8.46M	8.64M	10.38M	6.88M	8.31M	9.16M	7.73M	8.95M	8.10M	13.29M	760.00K	10.86M	12.35M	18.78M	18.42M	10.90M	16.30M	16.11M	8.75M	12.53M	11.61M	14.85M	16.21M	16.56M	22.86M	20.46M	41.19M	26.17M	27.49M	28.07M	29.73M	30.86M	24.69M	31.29M	31.59M	24.06M	26.16M	27.72M	25.51M
Diluted EPS	0.62	0.76	0.78	0.94	0.62	0.75	0.82	0.69	0.80	0.72	1.17	0.07	0.96	1.08	1.64	1.61	0.96	1.42	1.41	0.76	1.09	1.00	1.28	1.40	1.43	1.96	1.75	3.53	2.24	2.35	2.40	2.54	2.63	2.10	2.66	2.68	2.04	2.22	2.35	2.16
R&D Expense	1.66M	1.80M	1.79M	-	1.70M	1.95M	1.99M	-	2.15M	2.22M	2.63M	-	2.87M	2.73M	2.45M	-	2.62M	2.76M	2.60M	-	3.08M	2.80M	2.66M	-	2.86M	3.04M	2.65M	3.08M	3.25M	3.25M	3.37M	3.41M	3.32M	3.73M	3.48M	3.41M	3.52M	3.72M	3.92M	4.06M

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Jan 2026
Revenue	225.56M	270.03M	335.46M	331.75M	344.50M	402.13M	390.11M	414.13M	515.03M	633.79M	704.64M	635.03M	786.58M	904.74M	957.67M	1.05B	1.05B
Operating Income	-474.00K	24.95M	38.71M	36.44M	33.30M	42.09M	50.12M	46.64M	61.62M	88.60M	87.82M	81.12M	116.71M	171.28M	165.76M	171.25M	157.29M
Net Income	-5.92M	18.51M	33.58M	31.62M	23.42M	28.66M	34.39M	32.08M	31.09M	60.41M	52.07M	55.20M	84.04M	120.93M	116.07M	111.60M	101.97M
Diluted EPS	-0.48	1.48	2.74	2.73	2.07	2.56	3.10	2.88	2.75	5.30	4.54	4.77	7.21	10.35	9.90	9.48	8.65
R&D Expense	5.62M	5.27M	5.72M	5.95M	6.72M	6.16M	6.68M	7.38M	9.56M	10.55M	10.88M	11.30M	11.40M	12.72M	13.56M	14.32M	15.26M

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2009	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Jan 2026
Total Assets	-	-	336.77M	358.40M	358.95M	442.17M	413.75M	415.50M	470.69M	761.09M	725.75M	939.39M	927.57M	1.13B	1.15B	1.18B	1.43B	1.71B
Total Equity	194.39M	194.03M	205.84M	222.48M	248.58M	269.50M	264.29M	266.61M	282.63M	330.99M	372.97M	425.69M	495.36M	563.94M	653.85M	773.70M	847.13M	979.81M
Cash & Equivalents	40.14M	45.67M	61.80M	46.95M	54.55M	50.03M	45.38M	65.53M	71.49M	75.42M	45.83M	66.79M	65.68M	91.19M	76.37M	103.83M	94.66M	119.55M
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	11.75M	6.25M	38.01M	25.25M	26.00M	-	-	-	295.12M	227.96M	264.61M	199.22M	109.09M	286.50M	372.72M
Current Liabilities	-	-	84.60M	95.79M	75.29M	99.80M	87.17M	96.63M	88.91M	132.23M	128.99M	146.17M	134.69M	221.50M	213.46M	214.41M	191.56M	228.17M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Jan 2026
Operating Cash Flow	43.13M	28.43M	34.31M	29.11M	40.08M	51.12M	40.37M	51.00M	65.16M	62.98M	97.41M	92.88M	162.42M	102.62M	165.54M	155.26M	171.33M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-221.88M	-16.36M	-187.36M	-14.54M	-154.47M	-29.52M	-30.79M	-319.14M	-205.42M
Financing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150.48M	-74.16M	112.45M	-84.56M	22.81M	-80.57M	-111.11M	159.91M	54.01M
Capital Expenditure	-2.80M	-3.41M	-8.03M	-4.25M	-6.26M	-6.75M	-5.48M	-5.80M	-17.28M	-16.56M	-9.96M	-7.59M	-12.77M	-28.20M	-31.85M	-21.00M	-17.05M
Free Cash Flow	40.32M	25.02M	26.29M	24.86M	33.81M	44.36M	34.89M	45.20M	47.88M	46.43M	87.46M	85.29M	149.65M	74.43M	133.69M	134.26M	154.28M
Share Buybacks	3.72M	4.41M	16.09M	14.49M	5.37M	15.14M	9.91M	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Jan 2026
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Margin %	-0.2%	9.2%	11.5%	11.0%	9.7%	10.5%	12.8%	11.3%	12.0%	14.0%	12.5%	12.8%	14.8%	18.9%	17.3%	16.3%	14.9%
Net Margin %	-2.6%	6.9%	10.0%	9.5%	6.8%	7.1%	8.8%	7.7%	6.0%	9.5%	7.4%	8.7%	10.7%	13.4%	12.1%	10.6%	9.7%
ROE %	-3.1%	9.0%	15.1%	12.7%	8.7%	10.8%	12.9%	11.3%	9.4%	16.2%	12.2%	11.1%	14.9%	18.5%	15.0%	13.2%	10.4%
ROCE %	-	9.9%	14.7%	12.8%	9.7%	12.9%	15.7%	12.2%	9.8%	14.8%	11.1%	10.2%	12.8%	18.3%	17.2%	13.8%	10.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

0.71%

Institutions

113.74%

Public Float

114.56%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	15.23%	1.80M	$468.44M
2	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC	9.11%	1.08M	$280.03M
3	Wasatch Advisors LP	7.36%	868.70K	$226.23M
4	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	6.02%	710.87K	$185.13M
5	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	4.51%	532.35K	$138.64M
6	State Street Corporation	4.09%	482.92K	$125.77M
7	Capital International Investors	3.85%	454.55K	$118.38M
8	Morgan Stanley	2.95%	348.78K	$90.83M
9	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.91%	343.90K	$89.56M
10	Goldman Sachs Group Inc	2.69%	317.58K	$82.71M

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KAI — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Kadant Inc. (KAI)?

As of 2026-10-23 16:27 PDT, Kadant Inc. (KAI) trades at $262.39 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $246.29 to $354.72.

What is the market capitalisation of KAI?

Kadant Inc. (KAI) has a market capitalisation of $3.10B on NYSE.

What is the P/E ratio of KAI?

KAI trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.21. The industry average P/E is 25.60. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.07.

Does KAI pay a dividend?

Kadant Inc. (KAI) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.54%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of KAI?

KAI has a return on equity (ROE) of 11.29%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 10.60%.

Is KAI a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Kadant Inc. (KAI), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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Kadant Inc. KAI R2KR3K

Company Overview

Why Investors Should Care

Recent Developments

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Price Chart

Technical Trend

Fundamental Growth Charts

PROS

CONS

Valuation

Growth (CAGR)

Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

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