KADANT INC (KAI)
Industrials · Industrial equipment and engineered systems for process industries · NYSE
Kadant supplies engineered flow control, industrial processing, and material handling technologies that optimize efficiency and sustainability across paper, packaging, metals, mining, and food processing industries worldwide.
What KADANT INC does
Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of technologies and engineered systems for sustainable industrial processing, with products and services that enhance efficiency, optimize energy utilization, and maximize productivity across process industries. The company operates through three segments—Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling—serving markets including paper, packaging, tissue, wood products, mining, metals, food processing, and recycling. Kadant's portfolio focuses on reducing waste and energy consumption while improving yield across diverse industrial applications, with many products and predecessor companies having histories exceeding 100 years.
Themes: ["Flow control systems","Industrial processing equipment","Material handling","Sustainable industrial processing","Energy optimization","Water and waste reduction","Boiler efficiency","Paper and packaging manufacturing"]
Fundamentals
- Price$290.01 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$3.5B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-12.2% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E33.50 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+9.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+45.0% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+10.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.36 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+4.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.19 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +0.5%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on cyclical paper, packaging, and metal industries whose capital spending fluctuates with economic conditions","Integration and execution risks from recent acquisitions (Clyde Industries, Babbini, pending voestalpine BÖHLER Profil)","Foreign exchange exposure and international operations in Europe and other regions affecting reported results"]
Competitors & peers
- ITT Inc.
- Eaton Corporation
- Metso Outotec
- Flowserve Corporation
- Pentair plc
- SPX Corporation
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.