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Kadant Inc.

$312.36 +$4.66 (+1.51%) 1D Market open
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Key Metrics

$3.63B
Market cap
35.13×
P/E · TTM
$1.09B
Revenue · TTM
$103.42M
Net income
EPS · TTM $8.78
Dividend yield 0.4%
Free cash flow $153.94M
Beta · 1Y 1.44
EBITDA · TTM $201.14M
Gross margin —

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • May 6
    The stock moved +13.4% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, May 6

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$3.63B
Enterprise value$3.88B
Shares outstanding11.8M
52-wk range$244.87 – $369.97
Avg volume · 20D81.1K
Net cash −$246.34M
Book value / share$84.55
IndustrySpecial Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery)
ExchangeNYSE
About Kadant Inc.
IPO dateNov 3, 1992
Employees3900

Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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Valuation

P/E35.13
P/S3.32
P/FCF23.60
EV/EBITDA19.29
EV/Sales3.54
Graham №$129.25

Profitability

Gross —
Operating 13.5%
Net 9.4%
FCF 14.1%
ROE / ROIC 11.2% · 8.5%

Financial Health

Current ratio2.47
Quick ratio1.53
Debt / equity0.36
Debt / EBITDA 1.81
Net cash −$246.34M
Working capital$335.21M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $170.41M
Capex −$16.47M
Free cash flow $153.94M
Buybacks —
Dividends paid $16.02M
Shareholder yield 0.4%

Piotroski F-Score

4 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 4 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

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Insufficient balance-sheet inputs

Graham Number vs Price

$129.25 vs $312.36
Trades 2.4× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-04-04 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings