Kadant (KDA) Stock Price & Analysis
KDA Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 234.00 - EUR 240.00
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 210.00 - EUR 300.00
- Previous Close
- EUR 240.00
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 0
- Market Cap
- EUR 2.80B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 4.04B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 134.53M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 0
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 28.5
- Beta
- 0.61
- Next Earnings
- Nov 03, 2026 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 2.67
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 0.54%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Recurring Aftermarket Revenue
The record aftermarket business gives Kadant a recurring revenue stream supported by its installed base, reducing reliance on new capital-equipment projects. Replacement parts and consumables tied to uptime and efficiency can support margins and cash generation through industrial spending cycles.
Organic Growth And Market Demand
Organic growth indicates that recent performance is not driven solely by acquisitions and reflects underlying customer demand for Kadant’s process equipment and efficiency solutions. Broad-based adoption supports market position and provides a stronger foundation for sustained revenue expansion.
Strong Balance Sheet
A debt-free reported balance sheet and growing equity base provide financial flexibility for investment, acquisitions, and resilience during weaker industrial conditions. This reduces fixed financing pressure and gives management more latitude to pursue long-term opportunities without excessive balance-sheet strain.
Bears Say
Margin Compression
The gross-margin decline shows that revenue growth is currently accompanied by less favorable economics. Capital mix shifts, product mix, and acquisition-related accounting effects can weigh on earnings quality, while sustained pressure would constrain reinvestment and reduce operating leverage.
Higher Acquisition Leverage
Acquisition financing has materially increased leverage, creating greater interest and integration obligations than Kadant carried previously. Although acquisitions may expand its platform, higher debt reduces financial flexibility and makes future returns more dependent on successful synergy realization and cash generation.
Capital-Equipment Timing Risk
Kadant remains exposed to customer capital-spending cycles despite its aftermarket resilience. Longer approval periods and delayed project releases can make equipment revenue uneven, defer backlog conversion, and create uncertainty around the timing of growth and capacity utilization over coming quarters.
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Company Description
Kadant
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.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- CEO
- Jeffrey L. Powell
- Employees
- 3,900
- Website
- www.kadant.com
- Address
- One Technology Park Drive, Westford, MA, 01886, US
Kadant (KDA) Earnings & Revenues
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KDA Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presented strong, record-setting operational and financial results including revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS and cash flow, supported by robust aftermarket demand, solid organic growth and positive contributions from recent acquisitions. These positives were tempered by margin pressure caused by mix shifts and acquisition-related amortization/deferrals, increased leverage from acquisition financing, and continued softness and timing uncertainty in capital equipment markets and certain regions. Management raised full-year revenue guidance but remained cautious on near-term capital spending timing.
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Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Technical Analysis | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Moving Averages | 3 | 0 | 9 |