KAI
Kadant Inc Industrials Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) Russell 3000
$265.28Close
$3.9BMarket cap
$246.63 – $346.5252-week range
Nov 3, 2026Next report
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +24% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+18 pts)
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 1 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 21 · weaker than 79% of stocks over 12 months
- Results soon Nov 3, 2026, in 2 days
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
23%
1wk
up 1.1%
price change
1mo
up 1.6%
price change
12-month return
down 7%
market up 11% ·
its own down 22%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z
5.09
Low risk
P/E
38.0×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
4.0×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.8%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
51%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
0%
year on year
EPS growth
up 24%
latest quarter · +18 pts
Sales growth
up 23%
latest quarter · +5 pts
ROE
up 11%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 15%
$154.3M FCF
D/E
0.38
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
1.2×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- took on more long-term debt
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
Trade setup
ATR%
3.1%
$8.24 a day · 2×ATR $248.81
RS
21 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
1 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.0×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.72
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 3, 2026
Trend template · 1 of 8
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Revenue shrinking Revenue fell 0.1% over the year, from $1.1B to $1.1B.
Last reported
Aug 4, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 4, 2026+2% vs market2 sessions after results
Financials
- Gross 45%
- Net 10%
- Free cash 15%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Jan 2, 2021 | FY2021Jan 1, 2022 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 30, 2023 | FY2024Dec 28, 2024 | FY2025Jan 3, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $635.0M | $786.6M | $904.7M | $957.7M | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Gross margin | 44% | 43% | 43% | 43% | 44% | 45% |
| Operating income | $81.1M | $116.7M | $171.3M | $165.8M | $171.3M | $157.3M |
| Net income | $55.2M | $84.0M | $120.9M | $116.1M | $111.6M | $102.0M |
| Net margin | 9% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% |
| Earnings per share | $4.77 | $7.21 | $10.35 | $9.90 | $9.48 | $8.65 |
| Free cash flow | $85.3M | $149.6M | $74.4M | $133.7M | $134.3M | $154.3M |
| Free cash margin | 13% | 19% | 8% | 14% | 13% | 15% |
| Cash | $65.7M | $91.2M | $76.4M | $103.8M | $94.7M | $119.6M |
| Long-term debt | $233.5M | $269.5M | $201.2M | $110.9M | $288.5M | $374.5M |
| Shareholders' equity | $495.4M | $563.9M | $653.8M | $773.7M | $847.1M | $979.8M |
| Shares outstanding | 14.62m | 14.62m | 14.62m | 14.62m | 14.62m | 14.62m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 4, 2026 | 39d |
| May 13, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 4, 2026 | 39d |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Jan 3, 2026 | 59d |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 27, 2025 | 39d |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 28, 2025 | 39d |
| May 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 29, 2025 | 39d |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 28, 2024 | 59d |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 28, 2024 | 39d |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 29, 2024 | 39d |
| May 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 30, 2024 | 39d |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 30, 2023 | 59d |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 39d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| May 26, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 5, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Material agreement · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Material agreement · Regulation FD ↗ |