Kadant Inc. KAI R2K

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States

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.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$3.77B

Current Price

$319.18

High / Low (52W)

$357.40 / $246.93

Beta

1.19

Valuation

Stock P/E

36.35

Industry PE

28.38

Forward P/E

23.57

PEG Ratio

2.64

Book Value

$84.31

Price to Book

3.79

P/S

3.44

EV/EBITDA

17.92

Dividend Yield

0.44%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

10.72%

ROE

11.10%

ROA

6.78%

Profit Margin

9.45%

Op Margin

14.99%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$2.16

EPS (TTM)

$8.78

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.36

Quick Ratio

1.30

Current Ratio

2.47

Debt

$363.36M

Total Assets

$1.71B

Current Assets

$541.93M

Working Capital

$313.76M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

0.70%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

115.70%

Chg in FII Hold

0.00%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$4.03B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$1.09B

EBITDA

$224.66M

Free Cash Flow

$101.85M

Operating Cash Flow

$170.41M

Shares Outstanding

11.81M

Gross Margin

45.22%

Payout Ratio

15.51%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

5.16%

Profit 5Y

-5.53%

Revenue (YoY)

17.70%

Earnings (YoY)

5.90%

PROS

Generates positive free cash flow.
In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Earnings shrank at -5.5% CAGR over 5 years.

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

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

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1	KAI Kadant Inc. R2K	319.18	36.35	$3.77B	0.44%	10.72%	11.10%	5.16%	-5.53%
2	CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPX	875.87	43.66	$403.42B	0.69%	19.42%	51.33%	4.38%	9.83%
3	GE GE Aerospace SPX	323.76	40.17	$338.27B	0.58%	11.89%	45.43%	16.32%	195.89%
4	GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXAI	968.32	28.33	$260.21B	0.21%	6.30%	75.71%	8.68%	92.84%
5	RTX RTX Corporation SPX	179.66	33.64	$241.95B	1.54%	9.41%	11.57%	9.72%	9.01%
6	UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPX	262.64	21.60	$155.93B	2.10%	16.19%	40.69%	-0.49%	0.66%
7	ETN Eaton Corporation plc SPXAI	400.60	39.20	$155.55B	1.10%	16.23%	20.84%	9.77%	18.41%
8	HON Honeywell International Inc. NDXSPX	237.86	38.00	$150.72B	2.00%	13.57%	24.26%	1.82%	-1.62%
9	DE Deere & Company SPX	542.18	30.67	$146.45B	1.20%	12.82%	18.35%	-4.50%	-11.00%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	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	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	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	-	-	239.21M	255.27M	271.57M	286.20M	281.50M	281.50M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128.88M	138.22M	148.91M	160.51M	154.80M	-
Gross Profit	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110.33M	117.04M	122.66M	125.69M	126.70M	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74.74M	77.67M	80.05M	84.67M	86.59M	-
Operating Income	-	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	-	-	35.59M	39.38M	42.62M	41.02M	40.11M	40.11M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48.10M	51.87M	55.37M	55.04M	55.09M	-
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.82M	3.34M	3.09M	5.32M	4.48M	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32.27M	36.46M	39.88M	34.98M	35.96M	-
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.83M	9.82M	11.77M	10.49M	10.14M	-
Net Income	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	-	-	24.06M	26.16M	27.72M	24.02M	25.51M	25.51M
Diluted EPS	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	-	-	2.04	2.22	2.35	2.04	2.16	2.16
R&D Expense	-	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	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	414.13M	515.03M	633.79M	704.64M	635.03M	-	786.58M	904.74M	957.67M	1.05B	1.05B	1.05B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	515.18M	541.37M	587.24M	576.52M	-
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	389.56M	416.31M	466.15M	475.73M	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	237.13M	249.83M	294.24M	317.13M	-
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	152.43M	166.48M	171.91M	158.60M	157.29M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	207.05M	200.71M	222.69M	210.38M	-
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.48M	8.40M	20.03M	15.57M	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	165.64M	159.02M	153.07M	143.59M	-
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43.91M	42.21M	40.52M	39.90M	-
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	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	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

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	5.16%
1 Year:	17.70%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-5.53%
1 Year:	5.90%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+2.13%
6 Months:	+13.60%
3 Months:	-5.79%
1 Month:	+4.26%

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	Dec 2025	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	1.71B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	415.41M	440.18M	442.33M	541.93M	-
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	119.55M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	163.67M	152.68M	146.09M	206.85M	-
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130.30M	133.93M	142.46M	158.57M	-
Total Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	494.31M	399.43M	572.22M	721.11M	-
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	228.17M
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	11.75M	6.25M	38.01M	25.25M	26.00M	-	-	-	-	-	-	197.34M	107.67M	285.15M	371.37M	-
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	201.16M	110.88M	288.53M	374.50M	-
Total Equity	-	-	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	979.81M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.62M	14.62M	14.62M	14.62M	-

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	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	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	171.33M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-221.88M	-16.36M	-187.36M	-14.54M	-	-154.47M	-29.52M	-30.79M	-319.14M	-205.42M	-205.42M
Financing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150.48M	-74.16M	112.45M	-84.56M	-	22.81M	-80.57M	-111.11M	159.91M	54.01M	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	-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	154.28M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-7.46M	23.64M	-3.96M	19.92M	-
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	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43.1%	43.5%	44.3%	45.2%	-
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.3%	12.0%	14.0%	12.5%	12.8%	-	14.8%	16.8%	17.4%	16.3%	15.1%	14.9%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.7%	6.0%	9.5%	7.4%	8.7%	-	10.7%	13.4%	12.1%	10.6%	9.7%	9.7%
ROE %	-	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%	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%	16.3%	17.3%	13.9%	10.7%	10.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

0.70%

Institutions

115.70%

Public Float

116.51%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	14.71%	1.74M	$554.30M
2	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC	9.84%	1.16M	$370.76M
3	Wasatch Advisors LP	8.79%	1.04M	$331.48M
4	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	5.94%	701.94K	$224.05M
5	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	4.48%	529.05K	$168.86M
6	State Street Corporation	3.90%	460.51K	$146.99M
7	Capital International Investors	3.79%	447.84K	$142.94M
8	Neuberger Berman Group, LLC	3.13%	369.49K	$117.93M
9	Capital World Investors	3.01%	354.85K	$113.26M
10	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.71%	319.62K	$102.02M

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Kadant Inc.

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Sector	Industrials
Industry	Specialty Industrial Machinery
Headquarters	United States
Employees	4,000
Website	https://kadant.com

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Kadant Inc. KAI R2K

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Valuation

Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Growth (CAGR)

PROS

CONS

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Fundamental Growth

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

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