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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 invested capital
Kadant Inc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.35%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.91%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.64% (fiscal 2020) to 13.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.91% | (2.28) |
| FY2024 | 10.2% | (3.08) |
| FY2023 | 13.3% | (0.51) |
| FY2022 | 13.8% | 3.94 |
| FY2021 | 9.84% | 2.20 |
| FY2020 | 7.64% | (0.68) |
| FY2019 | 8.32% | (2.66) |
| FY2018 | 11.0% | 3.24 |
| FY2017 | 7.74% | (2.78) |
| FY2016 | 10.5% | (2.97) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS compare | 16.7% |
| SXI Standex International Corporation compare | 10.8% |
| FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. compare | 9.45% |
| MIDD The Middleby Corporation compare | 8.97% |
| KAI Kadant Inc | 8.35% |
| CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. compare | 7.19% |
| NPO Enpro Inc. compare | 5.98% |
| MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. compare | 1.53% |
| XE X-Energy, Inc. compare | −33.3% |
| Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median | 5.00% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.86% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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