Industrials
Live Price
Offline$322.07
+4.44% today
1Y Change
-3.05%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → 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 $322.07 and down 3.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Edge
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
Uses the longest available daily history for KAI and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
0.49%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.38
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Jan 8, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 7, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Apr 9, 2025 | May 7, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Jan 10, 2025 | Feb 6, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Nov 7, 2024 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Jul 11, 2024 | Aug 8, 2024 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 10, 2024 | May 8, 2024 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Jan 3, 2024 | Jan 4, 2024 | Feb 1, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | Nov 9, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Jul 13, 2023 | Aug 10, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Apr 11, 2023 | Apr 12, 2023 | May 10, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Jan 5, 2023 | Feb 2, 2023 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Oct 13, 2022 | Nov 10, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Jul 14, 2022 | Aug 11, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Apr 13, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Jan 6, 2022 | Feb 3, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Oct 14, 2021 | Nov 11, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 | Aug 12, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Apr 13, 2021 | Apr 14, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Jan 7, 2021 | Feb 4, 2021 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2020 | Jul 9, 2020 | Aug 6, 2020 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Apr 7, 2020 | May 5, 2020 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Jan 9, 2020 | Feb 6, 2020 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Oct 9, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | Nov 7, 2019 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Jul 11, 2019 | Aug 8, 2019 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2019 | Apr 9, 2019 | May 7, 2019 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Jan 9, 2019 | Feb 6, 2019 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Oct 10, 2018 | Oct 11, 2018 | Nov 8, 2018 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Jul 11, 2018 | Jul 12, 2018 | Aug 9, 2018 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Apr 11, 2018 | Apr 12, 2018 | May 10, 2018 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Jan 10, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 | Feb 8, 2018 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Jul 13, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Apr 13, 2017 | May 11, 2017 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Jan 10, 2017 | Jan 12, 2017 | Feb 9, 2017 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Oct 11, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Jul 12, 2016 | Jul 14, 2016 | Aug 11, 2016 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
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