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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 22.6%, EPS grew 23.9%, free cash flow grew 15.9% and total debt rose 105.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

264.03 5.31 +2.05%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
28.4×
Fwd P/E
29.4×
Dividend yield
0.54%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.70
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
92/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Kadant Inc (KAI) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Kadant Inc (KAI) trades at a P/E ratio of 28.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.0× (January 2016) to 43.2× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is in line with the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 28.4× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 32.9× (9.27%)
FY2024 36.3× 31.14%
FY2023 27.7× 59.99%
FY2022 17.3× (45.61%)
FY2021 31.8× 8.46%
FY2020 29.3× 29.10%
FY2019 22.7× 51.61%
FY2018 15.0× (56.89%)
FY2017 34.7× 65.28%
FY2016 21.0× 63.54%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 33.8× 1.36%
Mar 2026 33.3× 1.29%
Dec 2025 32.9× (4.11%)
Sep 2025 34.3× (2.58%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 11.0× High 43.2×
Ten-year median 25.4×
Current reading's percentile 54

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
SMR NuScale Power Corporation compare n/m
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 15.2×
CXT Crane NXT, Co. compare 22.5×
KAI Kadant Inc 28.4×
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare 28.6×
SXI Standex International Corporation compare 30.5×
HLIO Helios Technologies, Inc compare 31.3×
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 39.4×
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 158×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 28.4×
Industrials sector median 24.7×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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