KADANT INC (KAI)

298.76USD +0.40% (+1.20)

Over 1M: -11.5%

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Financials Quarterly

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Revenue Gross Profit Operating Income Cost of Revenue Operating Cash Flow Free Cash Flow Net Income

A share count and earnings a share are not here: neither is money, so neither can share this axis. Both have their own panel on All charts.

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Q3 '26 — Revenue: 271.6M Q3 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 47.3M Q3 '26 — Net Income: 27.7M Q4 '26 — Revenue: 286.2M Q4 '26 — Operating Cash Flow: 60.8M Q4 '26 — Net Income: 24M Q1 '27 — Revenue: 281.5M Q1 '27 — Operating Cash Flow: 21.9M Q1 '27 — Net Income: 25.5M Q2 '27 — Revenue: 312.9M Q2 '27 — Operating Cash Flow: 53.5M Q2 '27 — Net Income: 32.5M 0 70M 140M 210M 280M 350M
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Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income

How it scores

For a valuation multiple, the low end is the good end.

Quality

How much of the revenue is really kept — and what did it take to earn it?

4.7
SBC / sales 0.97%
Adj. EBITDA margin 21.0%
OE margin 12.9%
Oper. margin 15.0%
ROIC 10.8%
Accruals -3.9%
EBITDA margin 20.0%
FCF margin 13.9%
Profit margin 9.5%
ROA 5.8%
ROCE 10.4%
Asset turnover 0.61×
Capex / sales 2.0%
Gross margin 44.4%
OCF margin 15.9%
ROE 10.7%
OCF / EBIT 1.1×

5 of 17 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Valuation

What does the price ask for what the company earns, owns and pays out?

7.0
EV/OE 25.3×
EV/EBIT 21.8×
FCF yield 4.5%
EV/Sales 3.3×
P/B 3.4×
P/C 26.2×
P/E 32.2×
Div. yield 0.46%
Shareholder yield 0.46%
EV/GP —
Fwd P/E —
PEG —

2 of 12 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Durability

How predictable is the revenue, and how much of it is already committed?

5.7
Gross margin stability across years 0.78 pp
Cash-flow margin stability 2.8 pp
Revenue growth in the worst year on record -0.11%
RPO / sales 0.028×
Segment HHI 0.34 HHI
Prepaid revenue growth 12.4%
RPO growth -4.1%

4 of 7 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Resilience

Can the balance sheet absorb a bad year?

6.6
Current ratio 2.6×
ND/EBITDA -0.064
Interest cover 9.5×
Payout 14.8%
Debt / Eq 0.37×
Debt payback 1.5 yr
Equity / Assets 54.1%
Net debt / Eq 0.24×
Quick ratio 1.6×
Cash / Debt 0.36×
F-score 5.0 pts
Cash runway —

3 of 12 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

Growth

Is the business getting bigger, and is it getting more profitable?

2.9
Most recent margin move 1.1
Sales/sh Y/Y +12.3%
Sales CAGR 4Y +7.5%
Operating margin trend -1.1
Shares change +0.19%
Div. growth +7.5%
Sales Q/Q +22.6%
EBIT Y/Y +7.7%
EPS CAGR 4Y +4.7%
EPS Y/Y +3.5%
EBIT CAGR +0.34%
EPS next Y —
Gross profit Y/Y —

4 of 13 counted in the score. The rest are measures this model does not include here, or figures these filings do not carry — switch any of them on and the score changes.

A measure absent from a block could not be computed from this company's filings. It is left out rather than scored as though it were bad, and the dimension is averaged over what remains. A score is measured against a fixed scale this model states; the bar is measured against the other companies, so the two can disagree — and where they do, that disagreement is the more interesting figure.