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Kadant Inc. NYSE

Industrials ·Industrial - Machinery ·US · kadant.com

$285.85

Mkt Cap $3.4B

52w Low $244.87 32.8% of range 52w High $369.97

50d MA $318.68 200d MA $310.09

P/E (TTM) 33.0x

EV/EBITDA 17.4x

P/B 3.4x

Debt/Equity 0.4x

ROE 10.4%

P/FCF 21.9x

RSI (14) —

ATR (14) —

Beta 1.25

50d MA $318.68

200d MA $310.09

Avg Volume 165.5K

About

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, …

Recent Earnings

Date	Time	Est	Rptd	Surp	Base	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%	1M%	Guide ▲★
Feb 18, 2026	AMC	2.19	2.27	+3.7%	320.47	-1.5%	+2.1%	+6.1%	+2.2%	+4.8%	+5.8%	-7.5%	—
Oct 28, 2025	AMC	2.18	2.59	+18.8%	298.55	+3.1%	+0.8%	-4.3%	-7.3%	-7.3%	-8.4%	-6.8%	—
Jul 29, 2025	AMC	1.94	2.31	+19.1%	344.41	+3.8%	+4.1%	-3.4%	-5.9%	-6.1%	-5.5%	-4.1%	—
Apr 29, 2025	AMC	1.97	2.10	+6.6%	315.57	-3.7%	-6.5%	-6.7%	-4.9%	-7.1%	-8.6%	+0.6%	—
Feb 12, 2025	AMC	2.08	2.25	+8.2%	356.84	+3.0%	-0.7%	+8.9%	+11.6%	+10.7%	+8.6%	-1.2%	—
Oct 29, 2024	AMC	2.43	2.84	+16.9%	320.55	-1.7%	+4.7%	+3.9%	+7.1%	+9.1%	+12.2%	+28.8%	—
Jul 30, 2024	AMC	2.43	2.81	+15.6%	356.64	-0.5%	-1.4%	-8.9%	-13.2%	-15.3%	-15.0%	-10.2%	—
Apr 30, 2024	AMC	1.88	2.38	+26.6%	273.79	-5.0%	-4.5%	-2.5%	-0.5%	+2.7%	+2.8%	+0.5%	—
Feb 14, 2024	AMC	2.15	2.33	+8.4%	315.01	+2.4%	+8.1%	+7.6%	+0.7%	-0.0%	+2.6%	+0.9%	—
Oct 31, 2023	AMC	2.27	2.63	+15.9%	220.00	-1.0%	+7.0%	+8.1%	+11.1%	+11.7%	+11.5%	+18.5%	—
Aug 1, 2023	AMC	2.14	2.54	+18.7%	222.62	-1.6%	-6.6%	-4.8%	-4.7%	-2.9%	-3.1%	-1.3%	—
May 2, 2023	AMC	2.19	2.40	+9.6%	186.38	+0.6%	+3.3%	+1.8%	+4.7%	+4.9%	+5.4%	+2.9%	—

Recent Analyst Ratings

Date	Firm	Action	Grade	Target	Base	Open	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%
Feb 24	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$327.52	$328.77	+0.4%	+2.5%	+3.5%	+5.5%	+3.6%	+5.5%
Feb 19	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$320.47	$315.56	-1.5%	+2.1%	+6.1%	+2.2%	+4.8%	+5.8%
Feb 18	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$333.51	$332.88	-0.2%	-3.9%	-1.9%	+1.9%	-1.8%	+0.7%
Feb 9	DA Davidson	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$343.11	$342.94	-0.0%	-1.5%	-1.3%	-2.4%	-2.8%	-2.7%
Feb 4	DA Davidson	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$327.84	$336.57	+2.7%	+1.6%	+0.7%	+4.7%	+3.1%	+3.3%
Feb 3	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$327.58	$325.40	-0.7%	+0.1%	+1.7%	+0.8%	+4.7%	+3.2%
Oct 30	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$300.88	$297.56	-1.1%	-5.1%	-8.0%	-8.0%	-9.1%	-9.4%
Oct 29	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$298.55	$307.84	+3.1%	+0.8%	-4.3%	-7.3%	-7.3%	-8.4%
Oct 27	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$291.01	$292.54	+0.5%	+4.4%	+2.6%	+3.4%	-1.9%	-4.9%
Oct 10	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$286.33	$286.33	+0.0%	-4.8%	-2.7%	+2.2%	+1.7%	+3.7%
Sep 23	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$307.12	$309.50	+0.8%	-0.8%	-1.1%	-1.3%	-1.4%	-2.8%
Aug 4	DA Davidson	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$324.07	$324.22	+0.0%	-0.2%	+0.4%	-0.1%	+0.5%	+0.7%
Jul 30	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$344.41	$357.60	+3.8%	+4.1%	-3.4%	-5.9%	-6.1%	-5.5%
Jul 29	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$344.02	$348.01	+1.2%	+0.1%	+4.2%	-3.3%	-5.8%	-6.0%
May 1	DA Davidson	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$295.00	$294.54	-0.2%	-0.2%	+1.7%	-0.6%	-2.2%	-1.5%
May 1	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$295.00	$294.54	-0.2%	-0.2%	+1.7%	-0.6%	-2.2%	-1.5%
Apr 30	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$315.57	$303.80	-3.7%	-6.5%	-6.7%	-4.9%	-7.1%	-8.6%
Apr 25	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$315.71	$311.56	-1.3%	-1.4%	-0.6%	-0.0%	-6.6%	-6.7%
Feb 18	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$388.46	$388.30	-0.0%	+2.6%	+1.7%	-0.2%	-1.5%	-2.8%
Feb 14	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$354.19	$400.00	+12.9%	+9.7%	+12.5%	+11.5%	+9.5%	+8.0%
Dec 19	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$352.81	$355.13	+0.7%	-0.2%	-1.6%	-1.1%	+0.3%	+1.2%
Oct 31	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$335.71	$332.77	-0.9%	-0.8%	+2.3%	+4.2%	+7.2%	+14.7%
Oct 30	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$320.55	$315.00	-1.7%	+4.7%	+3.9%	+7.1%	+9.1%	+12.2%
Sep 20	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$341.67	$342.34	+0.2%	-2.5%	-1.8%	-0.5%	-2.6%	-2.2%
Aug 1	DA Davidson	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$351.49	$348.72	-0.8%	-7.6%	-11.9%	-14.1%	-13.7%	-15.7%
Jun 26	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$283.90	$279.64	-1.5%	+0.9%	+3.2%	+3.5%	+2.3%	+3.1%
Jun 5	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$275.37	$276.44	+0.4%	+2.0%	+1.5%	-1.0%	+1.3%	+0.7%
May 1	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$273.79	$260.01	-5.0%	-4.5%	-2.5%	-0.5%	+2.7%	+2.8%
Apr 29	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$282.37	$284.62	+0.8%	+1.7%	-3.0%	-7.4%	-5.5%	-3.5%
Feb 16	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$340.62	$340.40	-0.1%	-0.5%	-6.9%	-7.5%	-5.1%	-5.6%
Feb 14	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$304.13	$308.69	+1.5%	+3.6%	+12.0%	+11.5%	+4.3%	+3.6%
Jul 28	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$214.27	$214.33	+0.0%	+1.4%	+4.0%	+3.9%	-2.9%	-1.1%
Feb 13	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$201.88	$203.02	+0.6%	-0.0%	+0.2%	-0.9%	+4.8%	+8.3%
Sep 19	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$170.28	$168.03	-1.3%	+1.6%	+2.1%	+3.1%	+0.3%	-0.7%
Apr 29	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$182.00	$183.80	+1.0%	-1.1%	-2.2%	-1.6%	-1.1%	-2.3%
Oct 28	Sidoti & Co.	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$114.73	$116.05	+1.2%	-2.4%	+1.3%	+0.3%	+5.0%	+13.5%
Mar 24	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$64.20	$66.20	+3.1%	+7.0%	+10.0%	+14.8%	+10.6%	+17.1%
Feb 13	Sidoti & Co.	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$112.45	$106.00	-5.7%	-14.8%	-10.9%	-10.8%	-11.6%	-11.9%
Jan 7	DA Davidson	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$108.22	$107.32	-0.8%	-0.4%	-0.6%	-1.8%	-1.1%	-0.2%
May 2	Seaport Global	Downgrade	Buy → Neutral	—	$97.41	$91.00	-6.6%	-5.6%	-5.5%	-5.5%	-6.2%	-9.7%
Oct 3	Sidoti & Co.	Downgrade	Buy → Neutral	—	$99.75	$99.80	+0.1%	-1.9%	-3.2%	-2.0%	-2.2%	-1.0%
Sep 16	William Blair	Maintains	Market Perform → Perform	—	$53.33	$53.30	-0.1%	-4.4%	-2.8%	-3.1%	-1.8%	-0.4%
Aug 18	Seaport Global	Upgrade	Neutral → Buy	—	$51.39	$51.64	+0.5%	+3.9%	+4.9%	+4.5%	+5.4%	+6.7%
Nov 6	Macquarie	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$39.86	$39.73	-0.3%	+3.9%	+1.4%	+3.6%	+1.3%	-0.3%
Oct 29	Macquarie	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$42.76	$42.23	-1.2%	-3.2%	-3.8%	-2.2%	-3.6%	-3.6%
Oct 29	Barrington Research	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$41.58	$41.46	-0.3%	-1.0%	+0.4%	-0.6%	+1.0%	+1.2%
Jul 31	Seaport Global	Upgrade	Neutral → Accumulate	—	$38.61	$38.73	+0.3%	-1.2%	-1.5%	-0.1%	+0.2%	+1.2%
Jun 4	Barrington Research	Upgrade	Market Perform → Outperform	—	$30.34	$30.41	+0.2%	+2.2%	+3.7%	+4.8%	+4.7%	+5.7%

Recent Filings

8-K · 8.01 !! High

Kadant Inc. -- 8-K 8.01: Material Event / Announcement

Kadant Inc. financed its acquisition of Profil through revolving credit borrowings, rebranding the acquired entities as Kadant Profil subsidiaries to integrate the purchase.

Apr 30

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Kadant Inc. -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Kadant Inc. is expanding its non-GAAP adjustments to exclude all acquired intangible asset amortization, not just backlog amortization, potentially reporting higher adjusted profitability metrics going forward.

Feb 23

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Kadant Inc. -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Kadant Inc. will host an earnings call on February 19, 2026, to discuss Q4 and fiscal year 2025 results, with presentation slides available to investors.

Feb 18

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Kadant Inc. -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Kadant will host a webcast and conference call to discuss its acquisition of voestalpine B HLER Profil, with investor presentation materials now available.

Feb 2

Data updated apr 25, 2026 5:09pm · Source: massive.com