Kadant Inc
KAI NYSE· Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery)
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$268.41
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Kadant Inc had $1.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 0.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +10.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 14.9%, down 1.3 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 15 is left after running the business.
- Kadant Inc made $102M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 13.0% a year.
- Free cash flow was $154M in fiscal 2025, 14.7% of revenue.
- Kadant Inc returned $15.8M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 10% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.2%.
- Kadant Inc owes $258M more than it holds in cash, about 1.2 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
28.9x
Revenue
$1.1B
Net income
$102M
Free cash flow
$154M
Operating margin
14.9%
Kadant Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−0.1%
No. Sales fell 0.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
9.7%
A little. It keeps 9.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
14.7%
Yes. 14.7% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
1.2x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.2 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
28.9x
One share costs 28.9 times its yearly profit per share.
What Kadant Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 3, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 3, 2026
- Legal name
- KADANT INC
- CIK
- 0000886346
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $787M | $905M | $958M | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Revenue growth | 23.9% | 15.0% | 5.9% | 10.0% | −0.1% |
| Net interest income | −$4.6M | −$5.6M | −$6.6M | — | — |
| Gross margin | 42.9% | 43.1% | 43.5% | 44.3% | 45.2% |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 18.9% | 17.3% | 16.3% | 14.9% |
| Net income | $84.0M | $121M | $116M | $112M | $102M |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 13.4% | 12.1% | 10.6% | 9.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.21 | $10.35 | $9.90 | $9.48 | $8.65 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $162M | $103M | $166M | $155M | $171M |
| Capital expenditure | $12.8M | $28.2M | $31.9M | $21.0M | $17.0M |
| Free cash flow | $150M | $74.4M | $134M | $134M | $154M |
| FCF margin | 19.0% | 8.2% | 14.0% | 12.7% | 14.7% |
| Dividends paid | $11.5M | $12.0M | $13.2M | $14.7M | $15.8M |
| Share count change | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $91.2M | $76.4M | $104M | $94.7M | $120M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $272M | $205M | $114M | $292M | $378M |
| Loans, net | $1.4M | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholders' equity | $564M | $654M | $774M | $847M | $980M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2x | 0.6x | 0.1x | 0.9x | 1.2x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.9x | 2.1x | 2.3x | 2.4x |
| Interest coverage | 24.2x | 26.4x | 19.7x | 8.6x | 10.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 11.9% | 16.1% | 15.6% | 12.1% | 9.2% |
| Return on equity | 15.9% | 19.9% | 16.3% | 13.8% | 11.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | — | 130.4% | 52.2% | 126.2% | 138.1% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$1.5M
4 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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At $268.41 a share, the company is worth $3.2B: 28.9 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000886346). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.