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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
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Kadant Inc (KAI) Return on assets
Kadant Inc's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.88%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.49%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.05% (fiscal 2017) to 10.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 4.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.49% | (2.07) |
| FY2024 | 8.56% | (1.42) |
| FY2023 | 9.98% | (0.62) |
| FY2022 | 10.6% | 2.44 |
| FY2021 | 8.16% | 2.25 |
| FY2020 | 5.91% | (0.34) |
| FY2019 | 6.25% | (1.88) |
| FY2018 | 8.13% | 3.08 |
| FY2017 | 5.05% | (2.19) |
| FY2016 | 7.24% | (1.05) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare | 12.1% |
| FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare | 8.60% |
| SXI Standex International Corporation compare | 7.35% |
| KAI Kadant Inc | 6.88% |
| CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare | 6.63% |
| NPO Enpro Inc. compare | 2.47% |
| MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare | 0.83% |
| XE X-Energy, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare | −7.42% |
| Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median | 4.51% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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