KAI

NYSE Kadant Inc.
Oct 21, 2026 · 10:25 AM ET DELAYED Market Open

$264.98 ↑ +0.17 (+0.06%) Trading Up from the previous close of $264.81, $3.04 below the day’s high of $268.02

YTD change
-7.03%
vs 20-day SMA
-0.02%
vs 200-day SMA
-13.97%

Price ranges

Previous day
$262.01 $268.43
open $262.03 close $264.81
+$2.78 (+1.06%)
Today
$264.65 $268.02
open $266.41 now $264.98
-$1.44 (-0.54%)
Past week
$253.89 $268.43
from $261.54 now $264.98
+$3.44 (+1.31%)
Past month
$253.41 $280.13
from $272.11 now $264.98
-$7.13 (-2.62%)
This year
$253.41 $354.07
from $285.02 now $264.98
-$20.05 (-7.03%)

Price & Performance

-57.03 (-17.72%) / 6M

$251.24$283.23$315.22$347.21Apr 21Jul 22Oct 20

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Neutral
  • The stock is 38.4% away from all-time highs of $429.95
  • KAI is down 7% since the beginning of the year
  • KAI is down 12% over the past 12 months
  • KAI is down 3% over the past 1 month
  • 8% of all KAI investors are betting against KAI
  • Number of investors short KAI has gone down 3% versus last month

KAI reads neutral: price sits below both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is falling month over month, the 12-month move is -12.2%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $3.42
Earnings momentum -14.2% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -14.2%

Valuation

P/E ratio 28.36
Enterprise value $3.5B
Beta 1.69

Balance sheet & scale

Income$109.7K
Revenue$1.2B
Cash$137.6M
Debt$510.6K
Income / Debt 0.21×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Manufacturing
Sub Sector Machinery Manufacturing
Market cap $3.1B

Kadant Inc. operates as a global supplier of critical components and engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. It operates through the following segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment includes custom-engineered products, systems, and technologies that control the flow of fluids used in industrial and commercial applications to keep critical processes running efficiently in the packaging, tissue, food, metals, and other industrial sectors. The Industrial Processing segment provides equipment, machinery, and technologies used to recycle paper and paperboard and process timber for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products and alternative fuel industries, among others. The Material Handling segment focuses on the products and engineered systems used to handle bulk and discrete materials for secondary processing or transport in the aggregates, mining, food, and waste management industries, among others. The company was founded in November 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, MA.

Competitor comparison

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ADRZY ANDRITZ AG Unsponsored ADR $18.31 +0.99%
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