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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
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Kadant Inc (KAI) Operating margin
Kadant Inc's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.4%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.3% (fiscal 2016) to 18.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 10.0% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.0% | (1.31) |
| FY2024 | 16.3% | (1.05) |
| FY2023 | 17.3% | (1.62) |
| FY2022 | 18.9% | 4.09 |
| FY2021 | 14.8% | 2.07 |
| FY2020 | 12.8% | 0.31 |
| FY2019 | 12.5% | (1.52) |
| FY2018 | 14.0% | 2.01 |
| FY2017 | 12.0% | 0.71 |
| FY2016 | 11.3% | (1.59) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 17.1% | 0.84 |
| Jun 2026 | 16.3% | 2.01 |
| Mar 2026 | 14.3% | 0.38 |
| Dec 2025 | 13.9% | (1.82) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| SXI Standex International Corporation compare | 22.5% |
| MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare | 19.4% |
| MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare | 17.1% |
| CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare | 16.9% |
| KAI Kadant Inc | 15.4% |
| NPO Enpro Inc. compare | 15.4% |
| FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare | 12.4% |
| MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare | 5.96% |
| XE X-Energy, Inc. compare | −174.8% |
| Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median | 10.0% |
| Industrials sector median | 5.21% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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