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High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 17.06%
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Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.92 times
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Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.92% over the last 5 years
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Flat results in Jun 25
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With ROCE of 15.93%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 4.79 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
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Below par performance in long term as well as near term
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-7.53%
0%
-7.53%
6 Months
-13.29%
0%
-13.29%
1 Year
23.0%
0%
23.0%
2 Years
61.24%
0%
61.24%
3 Years
88.36%
0%
88.36%
4 Years
99.91%
0%
99.91%
5 Years
214.75%
0%
214.75%
Kadant Inc. for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
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Announcements 
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Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
8.92%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.59%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
18.51
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.92
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.21
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.95
Tax Ratio
26.55%
Dividend Payout Ratio
13.50%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
17.06%
ROE (avg)
15.31%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
44
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.57
EV to EBIT
30.08
EV to EBITDA
23.20
EV to Capital Employed
4.79
EV to Sales
4.85
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
31.17%
ROCE (Latest)
15.93%
ROE (Latest)
12.60%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Shareholding Snapshot : Sep 2025
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
Majority shareholders
Domestic Funds
Domestic Funds
Held in 71 Schemes (56.11%)
Foreign Institutions
Held by 125 Foreign Institutions (9.96%)
Strategic Entities with highest holding
Highest Public shareholder
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Jun'25 - QoQ
Jun'25
Mar'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
255.30
239.20
6.73%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
52.40
47.90
9.39%
Interest
3.30
3.80
-13.16%
Exceptional Items
-0.90
-0.30
-200.00%
Consolidate Net Profit
26.60
24.40
9.02%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
157.80%
150.20%
0.76%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Jun 2025 is 6.73% vs -7.29% in Mar 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Jun 2025 is 9.02% vs 1.24% in Mar 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'24
Dec'24
Dec'23
Change(%)
Net Sales
1,053.40
957.70
9.99%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
224.30
201.60
11.26%
Interest
20.00
8.50
135.29%
Exceptional Items
-2.90
-3.40
14.71%
Consolidate Net Profit
112.60
116.80
-3.60%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
165.90%
175.70%
-0.98%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2024 is 9.99% vs 5.86% in Dec 2023
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2024 is -3.60% vs -4.03% in Dec 2023
About Kadant Inc. 
Kadant Inc.
Industrial Manufacturing
Kadant Inc. is a supplier of components and engineered systems used in process industries. The Company operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment consists of the Company’s fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines. The Industrial Processing segment consists of its wood processing and stock-preparation product lines. The Material Handling segment consists of the Company’s conveying and screening, baling, and fiber-based product lines. Its products include Octopus stock approach system, vacuum control systems, wear surfaces, direct steam injection heaters, chip screening, disposable knife system, PAAL Konti automatic channel baler, PAAL Pacomat channel baling presses, PAAL S1W automatic baler, Heli-Disc Pulper, Vortech Pulper Rotor, Hydraflow Continuous Lights Detrasher and Scavenger Detrasher.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
1 Technology Park Dr , WESTFORD MA : 01886-3159
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