KAI — Kadant Inc stock price and chart

KAI

$264.81+0.39%

as of close, Oct 20, 2026

☾ AH $264.81 +0.39%

Kadant IncStock · IndustrialsRussell 2000 · 0.1% of IWMRussell 3000 · 0.005% of IWVUS Stock Market · 0.005% of VTI

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2026-10-20

Price$264.81

MA20$297.51

MA50$302.37

Vol488.3K

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Price data

Price: $264.81
YTD price return: -7.09%
YTD total return: -6.64%
Next earnings: Oct 27, 2026
Market cap: 3.1B2016-12 668M2026-10 3.1B+368.2% over the window
Enterprise value: 3.6B
Shares outstanding: 11.8M2016-07 10.9M2026-07 11.8M+8.4% over the window
52W low: $244.87
52W high: $354.07
From 52W high: -25.21%
From 52W low: +8.14%
52W range: 18%

Volume

Rel volume: 0.67×
30D volume: 159.3K
30D $ vol: 42.6M

Fundamentals

Sales (ttm): 1.2B2016-07 407.9M2026-07 1.2B+182.5% over the window
Sales/share: $97.562016-07 $37.432026-07 $97.56+160.7% over the window
EPS (ttm): $9.292016-07 $3.092026-07 $9.29+200.7% over the window
FCF (ttm): 160M2016-07 42.9M2026-07 160M+272.8% over the window
FCF/share: $13.552016-07 $3.942026-07 $13.55+244.0% over the window
Book value/share: $86.622016-07 $25.662026-07 $86.62+237.6% over the window
Net margin: 9.52%2016-07 8.4%2026-07 9.5%+13.5% over the window
ROE: 10.73%2016-07 12.2%2026-07 10.7%-12.3% over the window
ROA: 5.81%2016-07 7.1%2026-07 5.8%-18.4% over the window
Debt / equity: 0.50×2016-07 0.222026-07 0.50+126.6% over the window
Current ratio: 2.592016-07 2.062026-07 2.59+25.9% over the window

Growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

Sales: +12.30%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-041B → 1.2B (+12.5% total)+7.32%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04931.4M → 1.2B (+23.7% total)+10.75%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04691.3M → 1.2B (+66.7% total)+10.94%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-04407.9M → 1.2B (+182.5% total)
Net income: +3.61%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04105.8M → 109.7M (+3.7% total)-0.50%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04111.4M → 109.7M (-1.5% total)+9.25%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-0470.5M → 109.7M (+55.7% total)+12.35%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-0434.2M → 109.7M (+220.7% total)
FCF: +6.47%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04150.1M → 160M (+6.6% total)+22.08%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-0487.8M → 160M (+82.3% total)+5.95%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04119.8M → 160M (+33.5% total)+14.06%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-0442.9M → 160M (+272.8% total)
Shares: +0.26%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-0411.8M → 11.8M (+0.3% total)+0.29%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-0411.7M → 11.8M (+0.9% total)+0.39%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-0411.6M → 11.8M (+2.0% total)+0.81%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-0410.9M → 11.8M (+8.4% total)

Per-share growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

EPS: +3.43%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04$8.98 → $9.29 (+3.5% total)-0.78%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04$9.51 → $9.29 (-2.3% total)+8.89%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04$6.07 → $9.29 (+53.1% total)+11.63%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-04$3.09 → $9.29 (+200.7% total)
Sales/share: +12.00%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04$86.96 → $97.56 (+12.2% total)+7.01%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04$79.57 → $97.56 (+22.6% total)+10.32%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04$59.70 → $97.56 (+63.4% total)+10.05%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-04$37.43 → $97.56 (+160.7% total)
FCF/share: +6.19%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04$12.75 → $13.55 (+6.3% total)+21.73%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04$7.50 → $13.55 (+80.7% total)+5.53%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04$10.35 → $13.55 (+30.9% total)+13.14%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-04$3.94 → $13.55 (+244.0% total)
Book value/share: +10.01%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04$78.63 → $86.62 (+10.2% total)+12.53%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04$60.73 → $86.62 (+42.6% total)+13.64%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04$45.70 → $86.62 (+89.5% total)+12.93%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-04$25.66 → $86.62 (+237.6% total)
Dividend/share: +5.96%2025-06-28 → 2026-07-04$1.32 → $1.40 (+6.1% total)+8.34%2023-07-01 → 2026-07-04$1.10 → $1.40 (+27.3% total)+7.39%2021-07-03 → 2026-07-04$0.98 → $1.40 (+42.9% total)+6.87%2016-07-02 → 2026-07-04$0.72 → $1.40 (+94.4% total)
Price: -12.48%2025-10-20 → 2026-10-20$302.53 → $264.81 (-12.5% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+5.90%2023-10-20 → 2026-10-20$222.97 → $264.81 (+18.8% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+4.32%2021-10-20 → 2026-10-20$214.37 → $264.81 (+23.5% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+17.49%2016-10-19 → 2026-10-20$52.83 → $264.81 (+401.2% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.
Total return: -12.05%2025-10-20 → 2026-10-20$301.08 → $264.81 (-12.0% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+6.37%2023-10-20 → 2026-10-20$220.04 → $264.81 (+20.3% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+4.83%2021-10-20 → 2026-10-20$209.21 → $264.81 (+26.6% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+18.33%2016-10-19 → 2026-10-20$49.20 → $264.81 (+438.2% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.

Fundamentals end at the last reported quarter; price and total return end at the latest close.

Valuation

P/E (ttm)Price ÷ TTM diluted EPS. Net income carries everything below the operating line, including one-off gains. Negative when the trailing year lost money.: 28.5×2016-12 19.232026-10 28.50+48.2% over the window
P/OI (ttm)Price ÷ TTM operating income. Excludes the below-the-line items that make P/E jump — mark-to-market gains, settlements, tax true-ups.: 18.0×2016-12 13.542026-10 18.04+33.2% over the window
Fwd P/E: 19.5×
P/S (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM revenue.: 2.7×2016-12 1.582026-10 2.71+71.3% over the window
P/B (mrq)Market cap ÷ stockholders' equity at the most recent quarter end.: 3.1×2016-12 2.322026-10 3.06+31.6% over the window
P/FCF (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM free cash flow (operating cash flow − capex).: 19.5×2016-12 15.882026-10 19.55+23.1% over the window
EV/EBITDA (fy): 15.4×
EV/Sales (ttm): 3.1×
FCF yield (ttm)TTM free cash flow ÷ market cap — the inverse of P/FCF.: 5.12%2016-10 6.3%2026-07 4.3%-31.5% over the window
Dividend yield (fwd)Indicated annual dividend ÷ last close: the last regular payment × payments a year, from our own dividend record. Shown only for a company that pays the same amount each time (raises and cuts allowed), whose payments are on schedule and agree with the dividends it reports paying; a company whose payments vary in size, such as an unequal interim and final, has no forward figure — see the ttm yield.: 0.54%
Dividend yield (ttm)Dividends paid over the last year ÷ last close: the last full cycle of regular payments in our own dividend record. Below the forward yield after a raise, above it after a cut. Shown only when the record holds that full cycle and it agrees with the dividends the company reports paying; otherwise —.: 0.54%
Dividend/share (fwd)The indicated annual dividend: the last regular payment × payments a year, for a company that pays the same amount each time.: $1.44
Buyback yield (realized, 1y)1 − shares_at(2026-07-04) ÷ shares_at(2025-06-28) = 1 − 11.8M ÷ 11.8M. Point-in-time share counts from the company's own SEC filings (the same count at both ends), published only when the cash flow statement shows repurchases inside that window. A falling price can't inflate it; negative means net dilution.: -0.26%
Shareholder yield (realized, 1y)Buyback leg + dividend leg: shares retired over the year (-0.26%) + dividends paid over that year ($16.3M) ÷ market_cap_at(2025-06-28) ($3.7B). Both legs are measured against the start of the window, so a payout can't shrink its own denominator.: 0.18%
Buyback yield (cash, ttm)Buybacks net of issuance over the trailing twelve months ($-2.5M) ÷ today's market cap ($3.1B). Dollars SPENT over what the company is worth NOW — a stock that fell after buying reads high.: -0.08%2016-10 -0.2%2026-07 -0.1%-64.8% over the window
Shareholder yield (cash, ttm)(TTM buybacks net of issuance $-2.5M + TTM dividends $16.3M) ÷ today's market cap ($3.1B). Same caveat as the cash buyback yield.: 0.44%2016-10 1.0%2026-07 0.4%-62.0% over the window

Vs own 10Y history

P/E: 51st
P/OI: 53rd
P/S: 56th
P/B: 29th
P/FCF: 37th

Bar = where today’s multiple sits in KAI’s own 10-year range:near a decade-low (cheap)→near a decade-high (rich).

Performance · price return · as of 2026-10-20#

+0.39%

+1.25%

-0.28%

-13.57%

YTD

-7.09%

-12.47%

+23.53%

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KAI — Kadant Inc price, chart and key statistics