Kadant Inc. (KAI)

NYSE: KAI · USD

$267

-0.99 (-0.4%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3.2B
Revenue (ttm)	1.2B
Net income (ttm)	109.7M
EPS (ttm)	$9.30
Shares out	11.8M
P/E (trailing)	28.8x
P/E (forward)	21.1x
Dividend	$1.44 (0.54%)
Volume	77,980
Beta	1.20

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.2B
Net income (ttm): 109.7M
EPS (ttm): $9.30
P/E (trailing): 28.8x
P/E (forward): 21.1x
Market cap: 3.2B

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ALLE	Allegion plc	15.2B	22.5x	3.5x	19.4%	+8.8%	+7.2%	持有

Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E21.1

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Trailing P/E28.8

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ROE11.3

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ROIC9.8

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000886346
Company name	Kadant Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	48282T104
Earnings date	2026-11-09
Earnings time	amc
Employees	3,900
Employees change	400
Employees growth	11.43%
Enterprise value	$3.5B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-07-04
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	January
Founded	1991
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Specialty Industrial Machinery
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US48282T1043
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-03
Last earnings date	2026-08-04
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2001-07-12
Last stock split type	Reverse
Market cap	$3.2B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-09
Options	Yes
Price	$267.42
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	3550
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	KAI
U.S. state	Massachusetts
Website	https://kadant.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	24.05x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	26.28x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	32.61x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	28.73x
Earnings yield	3.48%
EV/Earnings	32.32x
EV/EBIT	19.36x
EV/EBITDA	14.75x
EV/FCF	22.17x
EV/Sales	3.08x
FCF / EV yield	4.51%
FCF yield	5.05%
Forward EV/Sales	2.87x
Forward P/E	21.05x
Forward P/S	2.57x
Graham number	134.63357
Graham upside	-49.85%
Industry forward P/E	24.62x
Industry P/E	31.92x
Lynch fair value	$86.08
Lynch upside	-67.94%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	21.31x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	18.41x
P/B ratio	3.1x
P/E ratio	28.75x
P/FCF ratio	19.82x
P/OCF ratio	17.28x
P/S ratio	2.75x
Price / tangible book value	390.68x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.18x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	15.9%
EBITDA margin	20.87%
Effective tax rate	29.06%
FCF margin	13.89%
Gross margin	44.8%
Operating margin	15.9%
Pretax margin	13.61%
Profit margin	9.52%
Profit per employee	$28,134
Profitable quarters	66
Profitable years	16
Revenue per employee	$295,423
ROA	6.79%
ROA (5Y)	8.04%
ROCE	11%
ROE	11.29%
ROE (5Y)	15.44%
ROIC	9.76%
ROIC (5Y)	13.33%
SBC / revenue	0.97%
Tax / revenue	3.96%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	3.56%
EPS growth (Q)	23.86%
EPS growth (QoQ)	27.3%
EPS growth 10Y	11.64%
EPS growth 3Y	-0.78%
EPS growth 5Y	8.91%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	6.57%
FCF growth (Q)	16.57%
FCF growth (QoQ)	128.12%
FCF growth 3Y	22.15%
FCF growth 5Y	5.95%
Gross profit growth	11.47%
Gross profit growth (Q)	18.06%
Gross profit growth 3Y	8.52%
Gross profit growth 5Y	11.2%
Net income growth	3.67%
Net income growth (Q)	24.12%
Net income growth (QoQ)	27.28%
Net income growth 3Y	-0.5%
Net income growth 5Y	9.26%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	9.39%
OCF growth (Q)	32.18%
OCF growth (QoQ)	144.16%
OCF growth 10Y	14.47%
OCF growth 3Y	15.39%
OCF growth 5Y	7.44%
Operating income growth	10.38%
Operating income growth (Q)	30.7%
Operating income growth 3Y	4%
Operating income growth 5Y	12.01%
Revenue growth	12.5%
Revenue growth (Q)	22.57%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	11.14%
Revenue growth 10Y	10.94%
Revenue growth 3Y	7.35%
Revenue growth 5Y	10.76%
Revenue growth quarters	3
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-23.4M
Depreciation and amortization	$57.3M
EBIT	$183.2M
EBITDA	$240.5M
EPS	$9.30
FCF per share	$13.55
Financing cash flow	$242.9M
Free cash flow	$160M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$148.8M
Gross profit	$516.1M
Income taxes	$45.6M
Investing cash flow	$-383.6M
Net borrowing	$266.3M
Net cash flow	$40.4M
Net income	$109.7M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$172.2M
Operating income	$183.2M
Revenue	$1.2B
Stock-based compensation	$11.2M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	4.46
Book value per share	$86.62
Debt / EBITDA	2.03
Debt / equity	0.49
Debt / FCF	3.19
Goodwill	$660.9M
Interest coverage	10.06
Long-term assets	$1.3B
Long-term liabilities	$631.4M
Net cash (debt)	$-376.1M
Net cash / market cap	-11.86%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.56
Net debt / equity	0.36
Net debt / FCF	2.35
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$228.8M
Shareholders' equity	$1B
Tangible book value	$8.1M
Tangible book value per share	$0.69
Total assets	$1.9B
Total cash	$134.5M
Total debt	$510.6M
Total liabilities	$855.5M
WACC	9.71%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.68
Current assets	$580.8M
Current liabilities	$224.2M
Current ratio	2.59
Inventory turnover	3.3
Net working capital	$225.3M
Quick ratio	1.39
Working capital	$356.7M
Working capital turnover	3.65

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.19%
Dividend growth	5.97%
Dividend growth (10Y)	6.73%
Dividend growth (3Y)	7.91%
Dividend growth (5Y)	7.48%
Dividend growth years	12
Dividend payment date	2026-11-12
Dividend payment years	14
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.44
Dividend yield	0.54%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-15
FCF payout ratio	10.63%
Last dividend	$0.36
Payout ratio	15.48%
Shareholder yield	0.35%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	416.53%
10Y return CAGR	18.69%
10Y total return	454.61%
150-day SMA	$300.33
15Y price change	1,085.18%
15Y return CAGR	18.94%
15Y total return	1,249.38%
1D price change	-0.37%
1M price change	-2.59%
1M total return	-2.46%
1W price change	0.75%
1W total return	0.75%
1Y price change	-12.16%
1Y return CAGR	-11.74%
1Y total return	-11.73%
20-day SMA	$263.52
200-day SMA	$306.79
20Y price change	897.7%
20Y return CAGR	12.92%
20Y total return	1,035.92%
3M price change	-14.53%
3M total return	-14.41%
3Y price change	22.38%
3Y return CAGR	7.44%
3Y total return	24.01%
50-day SMA	$277.33
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$354.07
52-week high date	2026-02-20
52-week low	$244.87
52-week low date	2025-11-18
5Y price change	24.78%
5Y return CAGR	5.04%
5Y total return	27.85%
6M price change	-15.65%
6M total return	-15.43%
All-time high	$429.95
All-time high date	2024-11-25
All-time low	$6.50
All-time low date	2009-03-09
Average true range (ATR)	$8.09
Average volume	126.2K
Beta (1Y)	1.24
Beta (2Y)	1.34
Beta (5Y)	1.2
Change from 52-week high	-24.47%
Change from 52-week low	9.21%
Change from all-time high	-37.95%
Change from all-time low	4,004.38%
Change from open	-0.48%
Day's gap	0.11%
Dollar volume	$20.9M
High price	$269.14
Low price	$266.71
Monthly RSI	43.79
Open price	$268.71
Position in 52-week range	29.22%
Previous close	$268.41
Price vs 150-day SMA	-11.17%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.24%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-13.04%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-3.8%
Relative volume	0.62
RSI	48.11
Sharpe ratio	-0.25
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.26
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.2
Sortino ratio	-0.21
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.56
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.46
Volume	78K
Weekly RSI	41.74
YTD price change	-6.4%
YTD total return	-5.95%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	11.7M
Float percentage	98.8%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.14%
Shares change (YoY)	0.19%
Shares held by insiders	1.17%
Shares held by institutions	111.76%
Shares outstanding	11.8M
Short % of float	7.85%
Short % of shares	7.75%
Short ratio	5.4 days

Deeper analysis on KAI

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Forecast

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Valuation

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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