Price
$337.63+16.42%Social Signal Score
Analyst Ratings
6 analystsRevenue
$312.88M+196.51%Analyst Estimates
Consensus estimates, not results. Via Financial Modeling Prep.
Company Profile
- CEO
- Jeffrey L. Powell
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- Employees
- 3,900
- Beta
- 1.17
- Country
- US
- Piotroski score
- 6 / 9 (Middling)
- Altman Z-score
- 4.08
Financials
Revenue
$312.88M+196.5%Net Income
$32.47M+254.6%EBITDA
$84.38M+426.8%Free Cash Flow
$42.56M+211.0%EPS (diluted)
$2.75+235.4%Shares Outstanding (diluted)
11.82M+5.6%Operating Expenses
$86.13MCash & Debt
$134.53MReturn of Capital
$4.25MRevenue by Segment (annual)
$1.05BDividend per Share
$0.36Quote
Valuation & Ratios
Returns & Efficiency
Revenue & Net Income (Annual)
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Net Income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.05B | $101.97M | $8.66 |
| 2024 | $1.05B | $111.60M | $9.51 |
| 2023 | $957.67M | $116.07M | $9.92 |
| 2022 | $904.74M | $120.93M | $10.38 |
| 2021 | $786.58M | $84.04M | $7.26 |
| 2020 | $635.03M | $55.20M | $4.81 |
| 2019 | $704.64M | $52.07M | $4.63 |
| 2018 | $633.79M | $60.41M | $5.45 |
| 2017 | $515.03M | $31.09M | $2.83 |
| 2016 | $414.13M | $32.08M | $2.95 |
| 2015 | $390.11M | $34.39M | $3.16 |
| 2014 | $402.13M | $28.66M | $2.61 |
| 2013 | $344.50M | $23.42M | $2.10 |
| 2012 | $331.75M | $31.62M | $2.76 |
Valuation
Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.
Seeded from KAI's reported EPS growth of 9.2% a year over 13 years.
- EPS in 5 years
- $13.45
- Implied price
- $443.82
- Return from $268.83
- 10.5% a year
To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $220.66 — -17.9% below today's price.
How sensitive is that answer?
Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.
| growth \ P/E | 23 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 43 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.8% | -6.6% | -2.8% | 0.4% | 3.3% | 5.9% |
| 4.2% | -1.9% | 2.1% | 5.5% | 8.5% | 11.2% |
| 9.2% | 2.8% | 7.0% | 10.5% | 13.7% | 16.6% |
| 14.2% | 7.6% | 11.9% | 15.6% | 18.9% | 21.9% |
| 19.2% | 12.3% | 16.8% | 20.7% | 24.1% | 27.2% |
This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.
Signal Score (90d)
40-20.00%Social Signal Score
Mentions (5)
- Newsseekingalpha.com·9d ago·Negative
Kadant: Razor-And-Blades Model Behind EBITDA At Its New High Kadant operates a razor-and-blades business model, selling capital equipment and recurring aftermarket parts. The company's diverse product lineup is unified by its focus on industrial equipment and consumables. KAI's recurring revenue from aftermarket parts supports margins above 20% and long-term growth potential.
View source ↗ - Newsglobenewswire.com·25d ago·Positive
Kadant Announces CEO Succession Plan WESTFORD, Mass., Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) today announced that Michael C. Colwell will be appointed president and chief operating officer effective October 1, 2026 and president, chief executive officer and a director effective January 2, 2027, as part of a succession plan adopted by the board of directors. As part of the succession plan, Jeffrey L. Powell will continue to serve as president through September 30, 2026, and ch…
View source ↗ - Newsglobenewswire.com·25d ago·Neutral
Kadant Declares Cash Dividend WESTFORD, Mass., Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend to stockholders of $0.36 per share to be paid on November 12, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 15, 2026. Future declarations of dividends are subject to Board approval and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change.
View source ↗ - Newsglobenewswire.com·27d ago·Neutral
Kadant Named to Newsweek's List of America's Greatest Companies 2026 WESTFORD, Mass., Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) has been named to Newsweek's list of America's Greatest Companies 2026, recognizing organizations that excel in financial performance, workplace culture, innovation, and sustainability.
View source ↗ - Newsmarketbeat.com·58d ago·Neutral
Kadant Q2 Earnings Call Highlights Kadant NYSE: KAI reported record second-quarter revenue, adjusted earnings and EBITDA for 2026, supported by acquisitions, organic growth and continued demand for aftermarket parts and services even as customers delayed some large capital-equipment commitments.
View source ↗
Earnings
Tue, Nov 3(in 4 weeks)
Consensus estimate $3.00 per share
Typical surprise +16.3% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)
- Tue, Aug 4$3.42 vs $2.94beat
- Tue, May 5$2.84 vs $2.11beat
- Wed, Feb 18$2.27 vs $2.19beat
- Tue, Oct 28$2.59 vs $2.18beat
- Tue, Jul 29$2.31 vs $1.94beat
- Tue, Apr 29$2.10 vs $1.97beat
Estimates and results for KAI via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.
Insider trading
Open-market buys and sells by KAI officers and directors.
- Bought
- —
- Sold
- $861k
0 trades
2 trades
- Krause Stacy D.sold
- Blanchard Thomas Andrewsold
98 further Form 4 entries are share awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax. Those are compensation, not trades, so they are excluded above. Buying is the stronger signal: an insider spends their own money for one reason. Selling has many innocent explanations — tax, diversifying, a house — so it says far less than it appears to. Via SEC filings.
Congress trades
- Donald Sternoff Beyerhouse · VA08 · disclosed Mar 3, 2022 (3d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
- Donald Sternoff Beyerhouse · VA08 · disclosed Apr 1, 2021 (14d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
- Donald Sternoff Beyerhouse · VA08 · disclosed Apr 1, 2021 (21d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
- Donald Sternoff Beyerhouse · VA08 · disclosed Feb 27, 2021 (23d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
- Donald Sternoff Beyerhouse · VA08 · disclosed Jan 1, 2021 (17d later)Buy$1,001 - $15,000
Self-reported filings, amounts as brackets. Via Senate/House disclosures.