Kadant Inc. (KAI)
NYSE · Common stock · Special Industry Machinery (no Metalworking Machinery)
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KAI at a glance
Key statistics
$3.13B
Market capitalization
- Previous close
- $264.81
- Open
- $267.77
- Day range
- $262.50 – $267.77
- Volume
- 58.1K
- Average volume (30 sessions)
- 159.6K
- Shares outstanding
- 11.81M
- Price / earnings
- 28.5
- Earnings per share
- $9.29
- Price / book
- 3.1
- Price / sales
- 2.7
- Dividend yield
- 0.52%
- Beta (1 year, vs SPY)
- 1.32
Where the price sits in its year
52-week range
17% of the range
- Below the 52-week high
- -25.6%
- Above the 52-week low
- +7.5%
Completed sessions through Oct 20, 2026
Technical snapshot
Below its 50-day and 200-day averages
- 20-day average
- $265.02-0.1%
- 50-day average
- $284.97-7.1%
- 200-day average
- $308.00-14.0%
Between the conventional 30 and 70 bands.
+1.3%
1 week
-0.4%
1 month
-13.7%
3 months
-7.1%
Year to date
-12.3%
1 year
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From the public news wire
KAI headlines
- Kadant Declares Cash Dividend
Benzinga · May 21, 2026
- Kadant Completes Acquisition of voestalpine BÖHLER Profil
Benzinga · Apr 30, 2026
- Kadant to Acquire voestalpine BÖHLER Profil
Benzinga · Jan 29, 2026
- Kadant Acquires Clyde Industries
Benzinga · Oct 7, 2025
- Kadant Awarded $18 Million in Orders for Wood Processing Systems
GlobeNewswire Inc. · May 28, 2025
- Navigating 4 Analyst Ratings For Kadant
Benzinga · Jun 26, 2024
- Kadant Acquires Dynamic Sealing Technologies
GlobeNewswire Inc. · Jun 3, 2024
- Kadant Authorizes Share Repurchase
GlobeNewswire Inc. · May 16, 2024
SEC Form 4, most recent first
Insider filings
LEONARD THOMAS C
+128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
ALBERTINE JOHN M
−128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
Painter Jonathan W
−128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
ALBERTINE JOHN M
+128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
Russell Erin L
+128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
LEONARD THOMAS C
−128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
Russell Erin L
−128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
Painter Jonathan W
+128
Director · Option exercise
· Oct 3, 2026
About Kadant Inc.
Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries. The company's three reportable segments are the Flow Control segment which consists of the fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines; the Industrial Processing segment which consists of the wood processing and stock-preparation product lines; and Material handling systems, which provides conveyor-belt equipment for industries such as mining, food processing, and packaging. The company has a geographic presence in the U.S., China, Asia, Germany, Canada, and Others.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Security
- Common stock
- Industry
- Special Industry Machinery (no Metalworking Machinery)
- Headquarters
- Westford, MA
- Employees
- 3,900
- Listed since
- Nov 3, 1992
- Website
- kadant.com
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