Kadant Inc.

KAI · NYSE · Stock · Industrials
$259.08
-0.94% today
Delayed price,

What Kadant does

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems, equipment, and integrated technologies, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems, as well as doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning showers and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment provides ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, and industrial automation and control products. This segment also offers recycling and approach flow systems, virgin pulping process equipment, boiler cleaning technologies, and single and double-screw presses. The Material Handling segment provides vibratory and conveying equipment; individual components and equipment for baling recyclable and waste materials; and fiber-based products. It sells its products and services through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Key facts

Sector
Industrials
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Market cap
$3.06B
P/E (ttm)
28.1
Forward P/E
19.2
Dividend yield
0.55%
Beta
1.20
Profit margin
9.5%
Employees
4,000
Headquarters
Westford, MA, United States
Exchange
NYSE
Website

Performance

1 Month
-2.4%
3 Months
-16.7%
6 Months
-21.9%
1 Year
-14.2%
5 Years
+10.5%
$244.8752-week range$354.07
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-24.5%
2 Feb 2026 → 12 Oct 2026
Fell from $343.11 to $259.08 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+34.6%
10 Nov 2025 → 2 Feb 2026
Ran from $254.91 to $343.11 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

▼ Trend: Downtrend
Price is below its 20-, 50- and 200-day averages, each stacked below the next — a classic technical downtrend structure.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$234.14 (-9.6%)$259.08$286.67 (+10.7%)
3 Months$217.42 (-16.1%)$259.08$308.72 (+19.2%)
6 Months$202.20 (-22.0%)$259.08$331.97 (+28.1%)
12 Months$182.46 (-29.6%)$259.08$367.87 (+42.0%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 35.1%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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