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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
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Kadant Inc (KAI) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Kadant Inc (KAI) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 16.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.6× (January 2016) to 23.8× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 69% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 15.2× and above the Industrials sector median of 12.4×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 17.3× (9.94%)
FY2024 19.2× 18.94%
FY2023 16.2× 50.51%
FY2022 10.7× (42.72%)
FY2021 18.7× 19.94%
FY2020 15.6× 35.15%
FY2019 11.6× 25.51%
FY2018 9.2× (40.31%)
FY2017 15.4× 41.06%
FY2016 10.9× 64.29%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 14.8× (16.62%)
Jun 2026 17.7× 3.43%
Mar 2026 17.1× (1.06%)
Dec 2025 17.3× (2.89%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.6× High 23.8×
Ten-year median 13.3×
Current reading's percentile 69

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare n/m
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 11.2×
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare 11.3×
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare 13.3×
SXI Standex International Corporation compare 13.3×
KAI Kadant Inc 16.7×
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 17.8×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 19.3×
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 22.2×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 15.2×
Industrials sector median 12.4×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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