Kadant Inc (KAI)

Last Closing Price: 317.32 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

Kadant Inc. is a leading supplier of a range of products and systems for the global papermaking and paper-recycling industries, including de-inking systems, stock-preparation equipment, water-management systems, and papermaking accessories. Through its majority-owned Thermo Fibergen subsidiary, the company also develops and commercializes composite building materials produced from natural fiber and recycled plastic. Kadant is a public subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation.(Press Release)

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.05B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $111.60M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 34.78
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 31.73
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 3.58
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 4.21
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 21.85
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 14.61%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 10.63%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 13.74%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 8.10%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 2.47
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.62
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.31
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 3.60
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $75.29
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $2.10
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $10.28
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $9.42
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Industrials
Industry Specialty Industrial Machinery
Common Shares Outstanding 11.78M
Free Float 11.61M
Market Capitalization $3.74B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.13M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.30
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 1.40%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 96.13%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $1.36
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.43%