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KADANT INC (KAI)

KADANT INC (KAI) stock — the fundamentals (P/E, market cap, valuation) and every material event, decoded in plain English.

KADANT INC (KAI) stock — financials & valuation

Key numbers for KADANT INC (KAI): P/E ratio, market cap, profit margins, returns, and whether the stock looks cheap or expensive versus its own 5-year range.

AllSight quality score: 57/100 — a percentile rank of KADANT INC’s fundamentals against Manufacturing peers, weakest on valuation. A quality ranking, not a price prediction.

Market cap$3.1B
P / E28.4×
P / S2.7×
EV / EBITDA15.1×
Gross margin44.4%
Operating margin15.0%
Net margin9.7%
Return on equity10.7%
ROIC8.7%
Revenue growth12.5%
Debt / equity0.5×
Dividend yield0.5%

Is KADANT INC overvalued? P/E looks fair vs its 5-year range; P/S looks undervalued vs its 5-year range; EV/EBITDA looks fair vs its 5-year range; P/B looks undervalued vs its 5-year range.

Independent of the events above — derived from KADANT INC’s own financial statements and shown as context, never as advice.

Sep 10, 2026CEO succession
Kadant names Colwell CEO in orderly handoff, keeping Powell involved through 2028
Aug 4, 2026
Quarterly profit and sales beat; outlook rises only modestly
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