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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

Dividend growth 10 yrs

294.56 4.89 −1.63%

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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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Kadant Inc (KAI) trades at a P/E ratio of 30.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.0× (January 2016) to 43.2× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 66% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 25.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 23.3×.

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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%

Period	P/E ratio	Change
Sep 2026	26.2×	(22.38%)
Jun 2026	33.8×	1.36%
Mar 2026	33.3×	1.29%
Dec 2025	32.9×	(4.11%)
43 more quarters	Free account

Against its own ten years

Low 11.0× High 43.2×

Ten-year median 25.5×

Current reading's percentile 63

Company	P/E ratio
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare	n/m
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare	17.2×
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare	21.3×
SXI Standex International Corporation compare	24.8×
KAI Kadant Inc	30.0×
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare	35.2×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare	87.4×
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare	146×
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare	—
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median	25.6×
Industrials sector median	23.3×
Market median	17.9×

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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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