Kadant Inc

KAI Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Kadant Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.1 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 22.6%, EPS grew 23.9%, free cash flow grew 15.9% and total debt rose 105.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

264.03 5.31 +2.05%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
28.4×
Fwd P/E
29.4×
Dividend yield
0.54%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.70
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
92/100
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
32.91 36.28 27.66 17.29 31.79 29.31 22.70 14.97 34.74 21.02
Piotroski F-Score
5 5 7 7 5 6 4 6 3 4
P/S ratio
3.19 3.84 3.35 2.31 3.39 2.55 1.68 1.42 2.11 1.63
Altman Z-Score
4.70 6.43 7.35 4.81 4.72 4.15 3.29 3.78 3.33 4.60
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
5.06 5.49 6.36 5.42 4.27 4.58 4.07 4.83 3.98 6.14
P/FCF ratio
21.71 29.88 23.72 27.33 17.63 18.95 13.47 19.37 22.58 14.77
Beneish M-Score
(2.59) (2.62) (2.58) (2.25) (2.57) (2.79) (2.69) (2.27) (2.45) (2.68)
P/Operating CF
55.23 78.05 54.20 59.48 43.74 40.18 30.16 86.54 33.02 41.43
Dividend Safety Score
92 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
3.39 4.72 4.14 3.19 4.72 3.26 2.77 2.41 3.26 2.37
Price to Tangible BV
39.44 40.72 14.28 22.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 296.09 0.00 8.41
EV/Sales
3.43 4.03 3.36 2.45 3.62 2.81 2.01 1.63 2.43 1.61
EV/EBITDA
17.30 19.21 16.15 10.73 18.73 15.62 11.56 9.21 15.43 10.94
EV/Operating CF
21.06 27.32 19.42 21.56 17.51 19.22 14.54 16.40 19.17 13.07
EV/FCF
23.34 31.30 23.76 28.91 18.79 20.90 16.12 22.15 26.02 14.61
Quick Ratio
1.23 1.24 1.12 0.98 0.95 1.17 1.21 1.20 1.28 1.60
Current Ratio
2.38 2.31 2.05 1.95 1.73 2.15 2.04 1.96 2.01 2.33
Net Debt/EBITDA
1.21 0.87 0.02 0.59 1.16 1.46 1.90 1.16 2.04 (0.12)
Debt/Assets
21.87% 20.17% 9.43% 17.49% 23.80% 25.17% 32.04% 24.23% 31.81% 14.11%
Debt/Equity
0.38 0.34 0.14 0.31 0.48 0.47 0.70 0.47 0.73 0.23
Asset Turnover
0.67 0.81 0.82 0.79 0.76 0.68 0.85 0.85 0.84 0.93
Operating CF/Net income
1.68 1.39 1.43 0.85 1.93 1.68 1.87 1.04 2.10 1.59
Capex/Depreciation
(0.33) (0.40) (0.91) (0.75) (0.31) (0.22) (0.28) (0.69) (0.89) (0.38)
Interest Coverage
10.10 8.55 19.74 26.44 24.21 10.93 6.89 12.60 17.37 36.07
ROE
11.03% 13.66% 16.21% 19.80% 15.82% 11.95% 12.99% 17.09% 10.08% 11.62%
ROA
6.49% 8.56% 9.98% 10.60% 8.16% 5.91% 6.25% 8.13% 5.05% 7.24%
ROIC
7.91% 10.19% 13.27% 13.78% 9.84% 7.64% 8.32% 10.98% 7.74% 10.52%
Return on Tangible Assets
19.98% 26.50% 31.69% 37.70% 31.08% 23.02% 21.93% 29.62% 14.56% 19.31%
Average Days of Receivables
55.00 49.36 51.04 52.57 54.39 52.62 56.41 62.41 65.20 60.84
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
1.45% 1.36% 1.42% 1.41% 1.45% 1.78% 1.54% 1.66% 1.86% 1.78%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
28.69% 26.57% 24.67% 24.80% 26.54% 28.65% 27.32% 27.99% 31.02% 32.56%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.53 0.53 0.47 0.49 0.53 0.55 0.54 0.51 0.53 0.43
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
1.07% 1.01% 1.02% 0.95% 1.08% 1.07% 0.97% 1.11% 1.13% 1.22%
Graham Net Nets
(0.05) (0.03) 0.01 (0.04) (0.07) (0.09) (0.18) (0.11) (0.15) 0.03
Graham Number
128.07 125.07 121.69 114.62 89.27 68.44 63.00 64.31 43.97 41.67
Earnings Yield
3.04% 2.76% 3.62% 5.78% 3.15% 3.41% 4.40% 6.68% 2.88% 4.76%
Free Cash Flow Yield
4.61% 3.35% 4.22% 3.66% 5.67% 5.28% 7.42% 5.16% 4.43% 6.77%
Revenue per Share
89.38 89.73 81.85 77.63 67.93 55.31 62.72 57.17 46.86 38.10
Operating CF per Share
14.55 13.23 14.15 8.81 14.03 8.09 8.67 5.68 5.93 4.69
Capex per Share
(1.43) (1.68) (2.58) (2.24) (0.95) (0.65) (0.85) (1.48) (1.56) (0.49)
Free Cash Flow per Share
13.13 11.55 11.57 6.57 13.07 7.44 7.82 4.21 4.37 4.20
Cash per Share
10.42 8.17 9.10 6.84 8.13 5.80 6.08 4.16 6.99 6.77
Shareholders Equity per Share
84.18 73.10 66.35 56.25 48.85 43.28 38.01 33.79 30.25 26.16
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
84.18 73.10 66.35 56.25 48.85 43.28 38.01 33.79 30.25 26.16
Free Cash Flow
154.53 135.55 135.33 76.54 151.39 85.43 87.85 46.62 48.01 45.63
Working Capital
313.76 250.76 225.77 201.95 162.39 155.13 151.41 123.77 133.79 118.44
Capital Expenditures
(16.80) (19.72) (30.21) (26.09) (11.03) (7.45) (9.56) (16.36) (17.15) (5.38)
Net Current Asset Value
(179.18) (129.89) 40.76 (78.90) (182.71) (140.85) (214.73) (98.42) (162.57) 20.94
EV/EBIT
22.93 24.77 19.40 12.92 24.37 22.01 16.13 11.66 20.28 14.29
Capex to Sales
0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.01
Price to Operating Income
21.33 23.65 19.37 12.21 22.87 19.95 13.48 10.19 17.59 14.45
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.26 0.29 0.24 0.29 0.33 0.39 0.40 0.29 0.24 0.30
Cash ROIC
10.38% 10.91% 13.62% 8.17% 16.29% 10.72% 11.03% 7.82% 7.37% 10.75%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
6.99 7.62 7.25 7.31 7.54 6.34 6.49 6.33 6.40 5.92
Accounts Payable Turnover
11.04 12.61 10.81 8.78 9.82 9.16 10.07 9.99 9.56 9.33
Inventory Turnover
3.27 3.93 3.42 3.46 3.73 3.41 4.35 4.15 4.06 4.04
Average Days of Payables
33.78 31.74 28.39 41.13 48.14 32.92 40.73 36.67 45.59 38.72
Days of Inventory on Hand
130.96 90.80 102.94 115.96 109.17 108.99 91.24 88.68 109.20 88.91
Average Receivables
150.51 138.20 132.11 123.75 104.37 100.22 108.63 100.18 80.51 69.97
Average Payables
52.21 46.58 50.08 58.66 45.76 39.06 40.79 35.59 29.70 24.17
Average Inventory
176.47 149.38 158.17 149.01 120.59 104.76 94.54 85.65 69.94 55.85
Average Assets
1,571.26 1,303.01 1,162.77 1,141.05 1,029.89 933.48 832.57 743.42 615.89 443.09
Average Common Equity
924.60 817.18 715.91 610.59 531.26 461.99 400.83 353.54 308.39 276.11

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