KAI

Kadant Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Industrials DELAYED
Last price
263.66
▼ 3.48 (1.30%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
267.15
Prev close
267.14
Day high
269.25
Day low
261.37
Volume
113.38K
Market cap
$3.11B
P/E (TTM)
28.35
52W range
244.87 – 354.07

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.00%
Prior close 267.14
VWAP
264.05
-0.15% from price
Relative volume
1.42×
Normal
Session range
4.07%
261.37 – 272.01
Position in range
22%
Near session low
ATR (14D)
8.24
3.12% of price
Prior day high
274.51
PDH
Prior day low
265.15
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
199.82K
Avg 140.99K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-1.30% -3.2%
1M
-11.75% -12.9%
3M
-10.19% -14.7%
6M
-10.38% -28.6%
YTD
-7.49% -21.7%
1Y
-13.13% -29.5%
3Y
+16.90% -65.4%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+10.94K
Net buying
Buy transactions
11
13.56K shares
Sell transactions
2
2.63K shares
Net transactions
+13
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.2 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
84.08K
Total on file
Bought 13.56KSold 2.63K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Oct 2, 26
ALBERTINE JOHN M
Director
— 128 — Direct
Oct 2, 26
PAINTER JONATHAN W
Director
— 128 — Direct
Oct 2, 26
RUSSELL ERIN L
Director
— 128 — Direct
Oct 2, 26
OMARA REBECCA MARTINEZ
Director
— 128 — Direct
Oct 2, 26
LEONARD THOMAS C.
Director
— 128 — Direct
Jul 2, 26
ALBERTINE JOHN M
Director
— 128 — Direct
Jul 2, 26
PAINTER JONATHAN W
Director
— 128 — Direct
Jul 2, 26
RUSSELL ERIN L
Director
— 128 — Direct
Jul 2, 26
OMARA REBECCA MARTINEZ
Director
— 128 — Direct
Jul 2, 26
LEONARD THOMAS C.
Director
— 128 — Direct
Jun 3, 26
POWELL JEFFREY L
Chief Executive Officer
STOCK 12.28K $0 Direct
May 27, 26
KRAUSE STACY D
General Counsel
SELL 1.23K $410.03K Direct
May 18, 26
BLANCHARD THOMAS ANDREW
Officer
SELL 1.40K $450.85K Direct
Apr 2, 26
ALBERTINE JOHN M
Director
— 129 — Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
ALBERTINE JOHN M
Director 8.22K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
COLWELL MICHAEL C
Officer 3.94K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
FLYNN PETER J.
Officer 2.76K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
LEONARD THOMAS C.
Director 4.90K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
MCKENNEY MICHAEL J
Chief Financial Officer 14.76K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
PAINTER JONATHAN W
Director 9.14K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
POWELL JEFFREY L
Chief Executive Officer 60.95K Stock Gift
RUSSELL ERIN L
Director 3.58K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SELWOOD DEBORAH S.
Officer 21.05K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
WESTERHOUT FREDRIK HAN
Officer 3.12K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$3.11B
Enterprise value$3.50B
Revenue (TTM)$1.15B
Gross profit$516.14M
EBITDA$240.51M
Net income$109.72M
EPS (TTM)$9.30
Free cash flow$105.73M
Total cash$134.53M
Total debt$510.63M
Book value / share$86.62
Shares outstanding11.81M
Float11.67M
Short % of float13.33%
Dividend yield0.55%
Beta (5Y)1.20

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E28.35
Forward P/E19.51
PEG ratio2.64
Price / sales—
Price / book3.04
EV / revenue3.04
EV / EBITDA14.56
Gross margin44.80%
Operating margin16.84%
Profit margin9.52%
Return on equity11.29%
Return on assets6.79%
Debt / equity49.40
Current ratio2.59
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $1.05B$1.05B$957.67M$904.74M -0.1%
Operating revenue $1.05B$1.05B$957.67M$904.74M -0.1%
Cost of revenue $576.52M$587.24M$541.37M$515.18M -1.8%
Gross profit $475.73M$466.15M$416.31M$389.56M +2.1%
Research & development $15.26M$14.32M$13.56M$12.72M +6.6%
Selling, general & admin $301.86M$279.92M$236.26M$224.41M +7.8%
Total operating expense $317.13M$294.24M$249.83M$237.13M +7.8%
Operating income $158.60M$171.91M$166.48M$152.43M -7.7%
Net interest income -$13.64M-$18.11M-$6.64M-$5.57M +24.7%
Pre-tax income $143.59M$153.07M$159.02M$165.64M -6.2%
Tax provision $39.90M$40.52M$42.21M$43.91M -1.5%
Net income $101.97M$111.60M$116.07M$120.93M -8.6%
Net income to common $101.97M$111.60M$116.07M$120.93M -8.6%
Basic EPS 8.669.519.9210.38 -8.9%
Diluted EPS 8.659.489.9010.35 -8.8%
EBIT $159.16M$173.10M$167.41M$172.11M -8.1%
EBITDA $210.38M$222.69M$200.71M$207.05M -5.5%
Basic shares 11.77M11.74M11.70M11.65M +0.3%
Diluted shares 11.79M11.77M11.73M11.69M +0.2%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.13
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.67
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
290.00
+10.0% from spot
ATM implied vol
287.8%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+47.7%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
45
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
6
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
390.00
3 contracts
Heaviest put OI
290.00
6 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 2.773.42 +23.6%
Mar 2026 2.192.84 +29.5%
Dec 2025 2.192.27 +3.5%
Sep 2025 2.162.59 +19.7%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 2.86 4 $302.14M +11.3%
Next quarter 3.27 4 $302.39M +5.7%
Current year 12.04 4 $1.20B +13.9%
Next year 13.51 4 $1.27B +5.8%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$361.67
High target$380.00
Low target$335.00
Implied upside37.17%
Analyst count3
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 1
Hold2
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.71%
Held by institutions113.77%
Institutions holding446
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
268.83
-1.92% from price
SMA 20
270.28
-2.45% from price
SMA 50
297.44
-11.36% from price
SMA 100
302.12
-12.73% from price
SMA 200
309.49
-14.81% from price
EMA 12
268.82
-1.92% from price
EMA 26
277.35
-4.94% from price
EMA 50
287.99
-8.45% from price
RSI (14)
35.8
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-8.53
Hist 0.88
ATR (14)
8.24
3.12% of price
Realised vol 30D
29.8%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
284.98
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
255.58
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
297.44 vs 309.49
Trend bias
Below 200
-14.81%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 263.66
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
1.36
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.45
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
29.8%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-24.7%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-41.5%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
8.24
3.12% of price
Beta (reported)
1.20
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
999.65K
Prior 1.06M
Change vs prior
-5.4%
Shorts covering
% of float
13.33%
Elevated
% of shares out
8.47%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
6.0
Crowded exit
Float
11.67M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

50 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 6, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
May 4, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Feb 24, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Feb 19, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Feb 18, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Feb 9, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Feb 4, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Feb 3, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Oct 30, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Oct 29, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Oct 27, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Oct 10, 25 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$1.44 / yr
Forward yield0.55%
5-year avg yield0.45%
Payout ratio14.84%
Ex-dividend dateOct 15, 2026
Next pay dateNov 12, 2026
Last split1:5
Split dateJul 12, 2001

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