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Kadant Inc. (KAI) stock score

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States

$260.43 ▼ -0.05% today

62.8
Dad Score, out of 100
middling

Kadant Inc. (KAI) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 62.8 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a middling reading that places the business ahead of 63% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Industrials it ranks #287 of 704. Its strongest axes are valuation, price action and liquidity; its weakest are growth and risk.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Above average
Quality
Average
Growth
Below average
Price action
Above average
Risk
Below average
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Above average
Macro
Below average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)28.9×
P/E (forward)19.9×
Dividend yield0.53%
Return on capital10.6%
Operating margin16.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)-0.1%
FCF yield4.5%
Net debt / EBITDA1.56×
Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
52-week change-11.5%
Market cap$3.2B
Next earningsNov 3, 2026

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Specialty Industrial Machinery peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
GEVGE Vernova Inc.70.2good$263.3B
ETNEaton Corporation plc65.1middling$169.3B
PHParker-Hannifin Corporation80.2good$122.7B
EMREmerson Electric Co.92.1strong$90.5B
ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.41.0middling$74.9B
CMICummins Inc.51.5middling$72.9B
AMEAMETEK, Inc.84.1good$57.7B
ROKRockwell Automation, Inc.60.4middling$50.5B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.