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Company Information

Company Name
Kadant Inc
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Exchange
NYSE
ISIN: US48282T1043
CIK: 0000886346
CUSIP: 88355W105
Currency: USD
Full Time Employees: 4,000
Phone: 978 776 2000
Fiscal Year End: December
IPO Date: Nov 03, 1992
Description:

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems, equipment, and integrated technologies, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems, as well as doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning showers and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment provides ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, and industrial automation and control products. This segment also offers recycling and approach flow systems, virgin pulping process equipment, boiler cleaning technologies, and single and double-screw presses. The Material Handling segment provides vibratory and conveying equipment; individual components and equipment for baling recyclable and waste materials; and fiber-based products. It sells its products and services through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Address:

One Technology Park Drive, Westford, MA, United States, 01886

Directors & Officers

Name Title Year Born
Mr. Jeffrey L. Powell President, CEO & Director 1959
Mr. Michael J. McKenney CPA Executive VP & CFO 1962
Ms. Stacy D. Krause Senior VP, General Counsel & Secretary 1977
Mr. Michael C. Colwell Senior Vice President 1966
Mr. Fredrik H. Westerhout Vice President 1965
Ms. Deborah S. Selwood Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1969
Ms. Dara F. Mitchell Senior Vice President of Corporate Development 1969
Mr. Wesley A. Martz Vice President of Marketing NA
Mr. Bilal Mehmood President of Kadant Solutions NA
Mr. Orrin H. Bean C.F.A. Treasurer NA

Insider Trading

Date Insider Name Title Transaction Type Shares Price Value
Nov 25, 2025 Erin L Russell N/A Sale 1.44K $282.36 $405.19K
Nov 11, 2025 Rebecca Martinez O'mara N/A Sale 699.00 $266.91 $186.57K
Aug 27, 2025 Thomas C Leonard N/A Sale 415.00 $338.41 $140.44K

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
BlackRock Inc 1.74M Mar 31, 2026 14.71% $0.01 0.03%
Vanguard Group Inc 1.30M Dec 31, 2025 10.99% $0.01 -1.63%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC 1.16M Mar 31, 2026 9.84% $1.00 -2.31%
Wasatch Advisors LP 1.04M Mar 31, 2026 8.79% $2.02 13.73%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 701.94K Mar 31, 2026 5.94% $0.01 0.00%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 529.05K Mar 31, 2026 4.48% $0.00 0.00%
State Street Corp 460.51K Mar 31, 2026 3.90% $0.00 0.83%
Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 3 447.84K Mar 31, 2026 3.79% $0.03 -6.21%
Neuberger Berman Group LLC 369.49K Mar 31, 2026 3.13% $0.08 -8.09%
Capital World Investors 354.85K Mar 31, 2026 3.01% $0.01 -28.28%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 319.62K Mar 31, 2026 2.71% $0.01 1.63%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 278.55K Mar 31, 2026 2.36% $0.02 -0.17%
Riverbridge Partners LLC 252.23K Mar 31, 2026 2.14% $1.80 43.42%
Royce & Associates, LP 237.95K Mar 31, 2026 2.02% $0.69 16.11%
Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 209.95K Mar 31, 2026 1.78% $1.23 -2.89%
Delaware Management Holdings Inc 182.41K Mar 31, 2026 1.54% $0.09 -33.40%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 174.85K Mar 31, 2026 1.48% $0.01 -8.43%
Brown Advisory Holdings Inc 172.47K Mar 31, 2026 1.46% $0.08 -15.95%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts 163.17K Mar 31, 2026 1.38% $0.00 -4.98%
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 151.84K Mar 31, 2026 1.29% $0.24 0.00%

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 11.81M
Shares Float: 11.67M
% Insiders: 70.60%
% Institutions: 11,562.50%
Short % Float: 13.74%

Fund Holdings

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 American Funds SMALLCAP World A 798.23K 6.76% ▼ 15.28% Mar 31, 2026
2 iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 715.16K 6.06% ▲ 0.04% May 29, 2026
3 Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv 377.66K 3.20% ▲ 0.31% Apr 30, 2026
4 Wasatch Core Growth 304.88K 2.58% ▲ 12.26% Mar 31, 2026
5 iShares Russell 2000 ETF 281.99K 2.39% ▲ 0.93% May 29, 2026
6 Vanguard Small Cap Index 271.14K 2.30% ▼ 0.36% Apr 30, 2026
7 Neuberger Genesis Inv 221.03K 1.87% ▼ 10.18% Mar 31, 2026
8 Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core I 199.69K 1.69% ▼ 5.67% Mar 31, 2026
9 Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Inv 152.46K 1.29% ▲ 0.38% Apr 30, 2026
10 Wasatch Small Cap Value 133.91K 1.13% ▲ 16.29% Mar 31, 2026

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $3.74B
Trailing P/E: 33.63
Forward P/E: 26.81

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $3.48B
EBITDA: $224.66M
P/E Ratio: $33.63
PEG Ratio: $3.23
Book Value: $84.31
Dividend/Share: $1.38
Dividend Yield: 0.48%
Earnings/Share: $8.76
Profit Margin: 9.45%
Operating Margin: 14.99%
ROA (TTM): 6.78%
ROE (TTM): 11.10%
Revenue (TTM): $1.09B
Revenue/Share (TTM): $92.90
Earnings Growth (YOY): 5.90%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 17.70%

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Financial Ratios

Date Current Ratio Debt/Equity Debt/Assets Interest Coverage Debt/EBITDA
2025-12-31 2.14x 0.39x 0.42x 10.10x 1.80x
2024-12-31 2.31x 0.35x 0.40x 8.55x 1.33x
2023-12-31 2.05x 0.15x 0.34x 19.74x 0.58x
2022-12-31 1.95x 0.32x 0.43x 26.44x 1.00x
2021-12-31 5.98x 0.48x 0.50x 24.21x 1.79x
2020-12-31 2.15x 0.48x 0.46x 10.93x 2.13x
2019-12-31 2.04x 0.72x 0.55x 6.89x 2.68x
2018-12-31 6.74x 0.47x 0.48x 12.60x 1.49x
2017-12-31 7.50x 0.44x 0.56x 17.13x 1.60x
2016-12-31 8.67x 0.23x 0.40x 35.25x 1.08x
2015-12-31 8.40x 0.12x 0.36x 52.87x 0.51x
2014-12-31 6.74x 0.10x 0.36x 43.57x 0.46x
2013-12-31 7.27x 0.14x 0.39x 37.00x 0.84x
2012-12-31 2.33x 0.03x 0.30x 43.75x 0.15x
2011-12-31 4.26x 0.05x 0.38x 35.02x 0.27x
2010-12-31 1.93x 0.11x 0.38x 18.37x 0.72x
2009-12-31 7.45x 0.12x 0.37x 2.00x 1.97x
2008-12-31 2.24x 0.29x 0.46x 0.69x -15.64x
2007-12-31 2.08x 0.15x 0.36x 7.59x 0.91x
2006-12-31 1.92x 0.23x 0.39x 5.88x 1.39x
2005-12-31 1.94x 0.27x 0.41x 4.05x 2.61x
2004-12-31 2.75x 0.00x 0.26x 1.14x 0.00x
2003-12-31 2.95x 0.00x 0.22x 19.79x 0.03x
2002-12-31 2.64x 0.01x 0.22x 0.45x 0.05x
2001-12-31 4.00x 0.65x 0.50x 14.65x 4.42x
2000-12-31 3.20x 0.91x 0.58x 3.20x 5.28x
1999-12-31 2.39x 0.00x 0.62x 1.91x 0.01x
1998-12-31 4.08x 0.00x 0.65x 2.44x 0.00x
1997-12-31 3.51x 0.00x 0.67x 3.15x 0.00x
1996-12-31 2.73x 0.00x 0.49x 4.34x 0.00x
1995-12-31 1.99x 0.00x 0.45x 4.86x 0.00x
1994-12-31 2.01x 0.00x 0.44x 6.40x 0.01x
1993-12-31 1.75x 0.01x 0.47x 7.47x 0.04x
1992-12-31 2.31x 0.01x 0.47x 5.19x 0.03x

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