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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

295.66 3.79 −1.27%
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/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, Kadant Inc (KAI) trades at a EV/Sales of 3.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (January 2016) to 5.0× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 70% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 2.8× and above the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 3.4× (14.88%)
FY2024 4.0× 19.97%
FY2023 3.4× 37.25%
FY2022 2.4× (32.35%)
FY2021 3.6× 28.59%
FY2020 2.8× 39.90%
FY2019 2.0× 23.34%
FY2018 1.6× (32.83%)
FY2017 2.4× 50.70%
FY2016 1.6× 54.83%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 2.9× (19.52%)
Jun 2026 3.5× 5.08%
Mar 2026 3.4× (1.62%)
Dec 2025 3.4× (3.44%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.9× High 5.0×
Ten-year median 2.6×
Current reading's percentile 67

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare 2.0×
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare 2.3×
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 2.6×
KAI Kadant Inc 3.2×
SXI Standex International Corporation compare 3.6×
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 4.2×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 4.6×
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 4.6×
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare 6.4×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 2.8×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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