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) Revenue growth

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Kadant Inc's revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.6%, up 16.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.11%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.88% (fiscal 2020) to 24.4% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 6.59% and above the Industrials sector median of 8.77%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 −0.11% (10.10)
FY2024 9.99% 4.14
FY2023 5.85% (9.17)
FY2022 15.0% (8.85)
FY2021 23.9% 33.75
FY2020 −9.88% (21.06)
FY2019 11.2% (11.88)
FY2018 23.1% (1.31)
FY2017 24.4% 18.21
FY2016 6.16% 9.15

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Sep 2026 15.3% (7.25)
Jun 2026 22.6% 4.89
Mar 2026 17.7% 6.76
Dec 2025 10.9% 10.94
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −9.88% High 24.4%
Ten-year median 9.99%
Current reading's percentile 27

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare 30.0%
MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare 19.7%
KAI Kadant Inc 16.6%
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 16.4%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare 8.43%
SXI Standex International Corporation compare 8.32%
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare 7.28%
MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare 5.88%
XE X-Energy, Inc. compare —
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 6.59%
Industrials sector median 8.77%
Market median 7.58%

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