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) Net margin

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Kadant Inc's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.81%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.69%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.04% (fiscal 2017) to 13.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 7.24% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.52%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.69% (0.90)
FY2024 10.6% (1.53)
FY2023 12.1% (1.25)
FY2022 13.4% 2.69
FY2021 10.7% 1.99
FY2020 8.69% 1.30
FY2019 7.39% (2.14)
FY2018 9.53% 3.49
FY2017 6.04% (1.71)
FY2016 7.75% (1.07)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.2% 0.82
Jun 2026 10.4% 1.32
Mar 2026 9.06% 0.67
Dec 2025 8.39% (1.82)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.04% High 13.4%
Ten-year median 9.53%
Current reading's percentile 58

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 15.0%
SXI Standex International Corporation compare 12.5%
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 10.2%
KAI Kadant Inc 9.81%
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare 8.80%
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 4.88%
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 2.69%
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare 0.00%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare −13.9%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 7.24%
Industrials sector median 2.52%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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