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Kadant Inc.

KAI Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$273.89

▼ -0.53 (-0.2%)

52w hi$346.52
52w lo$246.63
Vol110.60K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.20

Short-0.29
Medium-0.24
Long+0.07

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Kadant Inc.

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Market cap$3.23B
Enterprise value$3.62B
Trailing P/E29.42x
Forward P/E20.27x
EV / EBITDA15.06x
P / S (ttm)2.81x
Profit margin9.5%
Return on equity11.3%
Revenue growth+22.6%
Earnings growth+23.9%
Debt / equity49.40

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.31
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.24
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business 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.

United States · kadant.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.35
Corr SPX0.56
Annual vol38.8%
Annual ret-2.3%
Sharpe-0.06
Max DD-41.5%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-04Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-05-26Shareholder Voteread
2026-05-05Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-04-30Reg FD Disclosure, Other Material Event…read
2026-02-23Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-02-18Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-02-02Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-01-29Material Agreement, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-10-28Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-10-08Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2025-10-07Material Agreement, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-10-02Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-07-04ALBERTINE JOHN MOption exercise128—
2026-07-04LEONARD THOMAS COption exercise128—
2026-07-04O'Mara Rebecca MartinezOption exercise128—
2026-07-04Painter Jonathan WOption exercise128—
2026-07-04Russell Erin LOption exercise128—
2026-06-03Powell Jeffrey LPresident & CEOGift12.28K—
2026-05-27KRAUSE STACY D.SVP, GC and SecretarySell1.23K$410.03K
2026-05-18Blanchard Thomas AndrewVice PresidentSell1.40K$450.85K
2026-04-04ALBERTINE JOHN MOption exercise129—
2026-04-04LEONARD THOMAS COption exercise129—

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$860.88K
Insider buys / sells0 / 2
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders8
Top-5 share99.3%
HHI5,483 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$151.74M482.92K
Fidelity / FMR LLC$30.31M96.45K
Capital Research / Capital World$16.74M53.29K
Millennium Management$8.47M26.97K
AQR Capital Management$1.87M5.95K
Citadel Advisors$853.76K2.72K
Bridgewater Associates$481.40K1.53K
T. Rowe Price Group$47.86K152.30K

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.38%
$ / share (TTM)$1.04
5y CAGR+7.1%

Annual dividend per share

2021$0.99
2022$1.03
2023$1.13
2024$1.25
2025$1.34
2026$0.70

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-1210-Qview
2026-08-048-Kview
2026-07-064view
2026-07-064view
2026-07-064view
2026-07-064view
2026-07-064view
2026-06-034view
2026-05-274view
2026-05-268-Kview
2026-05-184view
2026-05-1310-Qview
2026-05-058-Kview
2026-04-308-Kview
2026-04-064view

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$957.67M+7.8%
Gross profit$74.25M+9.4%
Operating income$165.76M+10.9%
Net income$116.07M+9.3%
Cash from ops$165.54M+10.1%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$274.53$280.13$273.82$273.89110.60K
Sep 24$275.55$276.69$269.56$274.42106.90K
Sep 23$270.55$280.07$269.49$278.35187.80K
Sep 22$271.16$274.90$268.20$272.11101.10K
Sep 21$267.81$269.93$263.41$265.8496.80K

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