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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

299.50 9.06 −2.94%

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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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Kadant Inc (KAI) trades at a price to free cash flow of 22.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.9× (March 2020) to 35.5× (November 2024); the current reading is higher than 65% of that period. That is below the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 23.8× and above the Industrials sector median of 19.6×.

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Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
FY2025	21.7×	(27.32%)
FY2024	29.9×	25.94%
FY2023	23.7×	(13.19%)
FY2022	27.3×	55.02%
FY2021	17.6×	(6.96%)
FY2020	18.9×	40.65%
FY2019	13.5×	(30.45%)
FY2018	19.4×	(14.22%)
FY2017	22.6×	52.90%
FY2016	14.8×	16.88%

Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
Sep 2026	19.2×	(16.77%)
Jun 2026	23.1×	3.70%
Mar 2026	22.3×	2.66%
Dec 2025	21.7×	(9.54%)
43 more quarters	Free account

Against its own ten years

Low 6.9× High 35.5×

Ten-year median 19.8×

Current reading's percentile 65

Company	Price to free cash flow
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare	n/m
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare	12.3×
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare	21.7×
KAI Kadant Inc	22.0×
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare	23.8×
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare	24.8×
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare	25.3×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare	30.9×
SXI Standex International Corporation compare	44.8×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median	23.8×
Industrials sector median	19.6×
Market median	14.1×

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Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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