profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Kadant
$302.17+0.78% today
+14.5% in 1 year
1-year low $247.481-year high $347.31
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $34.99 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Kadant sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $905 million in 2022 to $1.05 billion in 2025, with $102 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Kadant handed back 10% of the cash it generated last year.
$16M
Free cash flow 2025$154M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$16M
Cash vs. debt$120M vs. $375M
Kadant vs. similar companies
Kadant grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kadant | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 Everpure | 188.6× · Very expensive | ||
 Ingersoll Rand | 56.2× · Expensive | ||
 Otis Worldwide | 21.3× · Fair price | ||
 Dover | 25.8× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Kadant's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 905 | 958 | 1,053 | 1,052 | |
| 390 | 416 | 466 | 476 | |
| 152 | 166 | 172 | 159 | |
| 207 | 201 | 223 | 210 | |
| 121 | 116 | 112 | 102 | |
| 10.35 | 9.90 | 9.48 | 8.65 | |
| 43.1% | 43.5% | 44.3% | 45.2% | |
| 16.8% | 17.4% | 16.3% | 15.1% | |
| 13.4% | 12.1% | 10.6% | 9.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,150 | 1,176 | 1,430 | 1,712 |
| Cash | 76 | 104 | 95 | 120 |
| Total debt | 201 | 111 | 289 | 375 |
| Total liabilities | 494 | 399 | 572 | 721 |
| 654 | 774 | 847 | 980 | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| 15.9% | 15.0% | 12.0% | 9.3% | |
| 18.5% | 15.0% | 13.2% | 10.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | 166 | 155 | 171 | |
| 28 | 32 | 21 | 17 | |
| 74 | 134 | 134 | 154 | |
| Dividends paid | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Valuation
- 35.0×
- 26.1×
- –
- 4.2×
- 3.4×
- 23.1×
- 18.2×
- 4.3%
- 2.9%
- 0.4%
Profitability
- 45.2%
- 15.1%
- 9.7%
- 21.1%
- 7.5%
- 10.7%
- 11.0%
- 6.5%
- 10.5%
- 1.4%
Growth
- +5.2%
- −5.8%
- +14.9%
- +7.1%
- +0.4%
Financial health
- 1.1×
- 0.41
- 22.8%
- 10.0×
- 9.14
- 5.27
- 0.69
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 49%of 982
Top 22%of 989
Bottom 25%of 870
Bottom 43%of 986
Top 40%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $303.00
- Range
- $303.00 – $303.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 2.84 | 2.11 | +34.6% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 2.27 | 2.19 | +3.7% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 2.59 | 2.18 | +18.8% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 2.31 | 1.94 | +19.1% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 2.10 | 1.97 | +6.6% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 2.25 | 2.08 | +8.2% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 2.84 | 2.43 | +16.9% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 2.81 | 2.43 | +15.6% |
0.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$4a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.1%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.66 in 2015 → $1.34 in 2025
How safe it looks
15.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 10.2%
News
Kadant (KAI): buy, sell, or hold post Q2 earnings?Yahoo Finance · Oct 24, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
53No pass
Benjamin Graham
50No pass
Philip Fisher
43No pass
Peter Lynch
29No pass
Joel Greenblatt
18No pass
Charlie Munger
45No pass
Terry Smith
45No pass
Questions about Kadant
Is Kadant a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Kadant AI analysis
What does Kadant do?
Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. It is in Industrial - Machinery, based in Westford, MA, United States, with 4,000 employees.
Does Kadant pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.4% a year, about 15% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $15.8 million in dividends.
Is Kadant stock halal?
Yes. Kadant passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Kadant stock done over the past year?
Up 14.5% over the past twelve months, to $302.17. It traded between $247.48 and $347.31 and is 13.0% below its high.
Who are Kadant's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Everpure, Ingersoll Rand, Otis Worldwide and Dover. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Kadant's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.