Industrials
Kadant Inc.(KAI)
Live Price
Offline$304.49
+3.92% today
1Y Change
-0.97%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $3.30B
- Revenue Growth
- -0.1%
- EPS Growth
- -8.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.5%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kadant Inc. (KAI) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $3.30B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $304.49 and down 1.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.1%, EPS growth of -8.9%, a dividend yield of 0.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.1%, EPS -8.9%, free cash flow +14.9% with operating margin 14.9% and ROIC 6.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.3 and price/sales 3.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KAI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-0.1% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+14.9% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
32.3 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.1% and EPS is at -8.9%, with operating margin around 14.9%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +13.4% | +13.2% | +8.1% |
2026 Feb 18, 2026 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +5.8% | -8.2% |
2025 Oct 28, 2025 | +18.8% | +0.8% | -8.4% | -5.7% |
Benchmark Edge
KAI vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KAI
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KAI Max Drawdown
-30.99%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KAI and SPY.
Company Overview
Kadant Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through 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, shower and fabric-conditioning systems, formation systems, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, logging machinery, industrial automation and control systems, 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 balers and related equipment; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in as carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. 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.
- Leadership
- Jeffrey L. Powell
- IPO Date
- Nov 3, 1992
- Employees
- 3.5k
- Street Address
- One Technology Park Drive
- Mailing
- Westford, MA, 01886
- Region
- Westford, MA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 978 776 2000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 32.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.9
- Price/Sales
- 3.1
- Price/Book
- 3.3
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.1%
- EPS
- -8.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +14.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 45.2%
- Operating Margin
- 14.9%
- Net Margin
- 9.7%
- ROE
- 10.9%
- ROIC
- 6.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.38
- Current Ratio
- 9.15
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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