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) P/B ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Kadant Inc (KAI) trades at a P/B ratio of 3.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4× (January 2016) to 5.8× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 56% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 3.0× and above the Industrials sector median of 2.2×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 3.4× (28.26%)
FY2024 4.7× 14.10%
FY2023 4.1× 29.64%
FY2022 3.2× (32.38%)
FY2021 4.7× 44.84%
FY2020 3.3× 17.56%
FY2019 2.8× 14.94%
FY2018 2.4× (26.07%)
FY2017 3.3× 37.56%
FY2016 2.4× 43.93%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Sep 2026 3.0× (16.77%)
Jun 2026 3.6× 4.74%
Mar 2026 3.4× 1.21%
Dec 2025 3.4× (7.11%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.4× High 5.8×
Ten-year median 3.3×
Current reading's percentile 52

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare 1.2×
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 2.3×
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare 2.7×
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare 2.9×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 3.4×
KAI Kadant Inc 3.4×
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 3.4×
SXI Standex International Corporation compare 3.6×
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 4.0×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 3.0×
Industrials sector median 2.2×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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