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.

Revenue
+15.3%
EPS
+28.6%
Free cash flow
+15.9%
Total debt
+76.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

299.50 9.06 −2.94%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
30.0×
Fwd P/E
26.4×
Dividend yield
0.47%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.70
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
92/100

Kadant Inc (KAI) EBITDA

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Kadant Inc's EBITDA for fiscal 2025 was $208.5M, down 5.58% from $220.8M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 it was $230.6M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $60.9M (fiscal 2015) to $220.8M (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. Kadant Inc ranks 34th of 70 Specialty Industrial Machinery companies by EBITDA.

EBITDA, annual

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Annual newest first

Period EBITDA Change
FY2025 $208.5M (5.58%)
FY2024 $220.8M 10.94%
FY2023 $199.1M (3.47%)
FY2022 $206.2M 35.83%
FY2021 $151.8M 32.80%
FY2020 $114.3M (6.72%)
FY2019 $122.5M 9.26%
FY2018 $112.2M 38.48%
FY2017 $81.0M 32.86%
FY2016 $61.0M 0.05%

Quarterly newest first

Period EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 $66.4M 21.31%
Mar 2026 $54.8M 0.56%
Dec 2025 $54.4M (1.03%)
Sep 2025 $55.0M 6.93%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $60.9M High $220.8M
Ten-year median $122.5M
Current reading's percentile 91

EBITDA against peers

What EBITDA is

EBITDA shows what a company earns from its operations before interest, taxes and the non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization.

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