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Kadant KAI
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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 08-12-2026

Kadant Financial Ratios 2026-2009 | KAI

Brief overview of Kadant 's financial ratios

The review covers five available annual periods spanning 2021 to 2026.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 40.03x (median 39.9x), EV/EBITDA 19x (median 19x), P/S 3.88x (median 3.88x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only 0%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.

Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 2.5%, showing current profit per unit of share price.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 10.4%, ROA 6%, ROCE 16.1%. Fundamental efficiency is balanced: profitability supports valuation but does not remove the need for future growth.

On PEG (0.17x), valuation is restrained relative to growth, but one ratio cannot replace cash-flow and risk analysis.

The cash conversion cycle lengthened from 64.3 days to 76.1 days, or 11.8 days. More cash is tied up in operations.

Valuation takeaway

Kadant 's multiples form a balanced picture without a clear discount or premium. Future appeal depends on earnings and return trends.

Annual Financial Ratios Kadant

2026 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

P/E

40.0 39.9 33.0 20.7 43.4 - 23.9 15.9 36.2 12.4 15.8 - 17.1 10.0 14.3 -0.0 -

P/S

3.9 4.2 4.0 2.8 3.8 - 1.8 1.5 2.2 1.1 1.1 - 1.2 0.9 1.0 - -

EPS

8.7 9.5 9.9 10.4 4.8 - 4.6 5.5 2.8 3.0 2.6 - 2.1 2.8 2.8 -0.5 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

3.96 B 4.36 B 3.72 B 2.43 B 2.33 B - 1.69 B 1.27 B 1.48 B 505 M 559 M - 523 M 370 M 348 M -45.4 M -40.1 M

EBITDA per Share

17.7 18.8 17 17.7 9.79 - 10.5 9.84 7.16 5.49 4.76 - 3.81 3.86 2.57 566 -

EV/EBITDA

19.0 19.7 18.7 11.8 20.7 - 12.3 9.7 15.9 6.4 8.1 - 9.0 5.9 6.8 -6.5 -

PEG

- - - - - - -1.68 0.17 -5.3 0.59 0.67 - -0.71 -6.01 -0.03 - -

P/B

2.4 3.1 3.3 2.2 2.6 - 2.9 2.6 3.4 1.6 1.7 - 1.5 1.3 1.3 - -

P/CF

23.8 28.7 23.1 24.4 25.8 - 14.2 20.7 23.5 12.2 10.8 - 11.9 12.6 10.6 0.0 -

ROE %

10.41 13.17 15.00 18.49 11.11 - 12.23 16.20 9.39 12.90 10.86 - 8.68 12.71 8.99 -3.05 -

ROA %

5.96 7.80 9.87 10.52 5.95 - 5.54 8.32 4.09 8.28 6.94 - 5.29 8.80 5.49 - -

ROCE %

16.05 20.22 21.42 26.20 16.33 - 11.07 14.85 9.80 15.72 12.89 - 9.73 12.83 9.87 -0.24 -

Current Ratio

- - - - - - 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 - 2.1 2.3 1.9 - -

DSO

27.5 47.9 50.4 44.7 26.3 - 56.4 62.4 65.2 66.3 58.0 - 78.4 68.4 68.7 - -

DIO

65.5 92.9 106.6 95.8 54.5 - 91.2 88.7 109.2 98.7 90.0 - 122.7 82.7 100.2 - -

DPO

16.9 29.0 33.8 32.0 16.5 - 40.7 36.7 45.6 42.4 44.4 - 55.5 45.4 57.3 - -

Operating Cycle

93.0 140.7 157.0 140.6 80.8 - 147.7 151.1 174.4 165.0 148.0 - 201.1 151.1 168.8 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

76.1 111.8 123.2 108.6 64.3 - 106.9 114.4 128.8 122.6 103.7 - 145.6 105.7 111.5 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Kadant

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

2.22 2.16 - 2.35 2.22 2.05 - 2.69 2.66 2.11 - 2.64 2.54 2.4 - 2.36 2.24 3.54 1.41 1.77 1.97 1.43 - 1.29 1.01 1.1 0.77 1.43 1.46 0.98 1.66 1.69 1.11 0.98 0.07 1.21 0.74 0.82 0.71 0.84 0.76 0.64 0.84 0.8 0.77 0.63 - 0.61 0.71 0.45 0.53 0.58 0.52 0.47 0.85 0.75 0.57 0.61 1.01 0.71 0.59 0.47

EBITDA per Share

3.81 4.64 - 4.1 3.81 4.05 - 4.63 4.55 4.15 - - - 4.16 - 5.6 4.75 5.62 - 4.6 4.18 2.69 - 3.88 2.9 2.38 - 4.34 3.55 2.41 - 4.06 2.86 2.06 - 2.97 1.65 1.42 - 2.16 1.81 1.17 - 1.93 1.67 1.22 - 1.72 1.62 0.96 - 1.49 1.15 0.84 - 1.44 1.18 1.08 - 1.38 K 1.16 K 0.83

ROE %

11.41 11.05 8.49 12.15 13.06 13.34 10.59 14.80 15.31 15.58 12.48 16.99 17.10 19.80 15.70 18.97 18.22 18.21 14.64 14.59 13.47 12.13 8.83 10.89 11.45 12.63 12.23 15.12 16.37 15.85 16.20 11.49 10.47 9.60 9.39 11.90 11.13 11.62 11.35 12.06 12.12 12.38 12.63 11.68 11.28 9.95 7.27 9.46 9.37 8.59 8.69 10.34 11.35 11.84 12.72 14.19 14.67 15.33 15.09 3.89 3.28 2.60

ROA %

6.61 6.74 5.25 7.37 7.71 7.70 6.02 8.70 9.14 9.39 7.64 10.12 9.77 10.81 8.41 10.16 9.48 9.37 7.54 7.42 6.88 6.04 4.27 5.20 5.29 5.76 5.54 7.15 8.02 7.99 8.32 5.89 5.04 4.41 4.09 5.63 5.83 6.53 6.81 7.37 7.47 7.74 7.97 7.36 7.17 6.27 4.58 5.92 5.79 5.24 5.30 6.62 7.52 8.04 8.81 9.45 9.50 9.72 9.37 2.41 2.04 1.62

ROCE %

17.36 16.83 12.80 18.48 19.91 20.30 16.24 22.17 22.54 22.48 17.84 24.22 24.46 27.76 21.89 27.18 27.02 25.50 16.16 20.79 19.64 18.07 13.41 19.18 19.98 20.22 15.57 22.91 22.43 21.46 17.10 23.04 19.23 17.64 13.17 17.61 16.00 16.05 12.35 17.20 17.15 16.43 12.86 16.36 15.56 13.60 9.99 13.21 12.44 10.79 8.36 12.25 12.72 14.06 11.66 16.18 16.66 16.52 12.44 4.51 4.38 3.55

DSO

59.1 51.0 - 52.3 53.4 53.4 - 51.2 49.7 51.3 - 51.5 49.7 51.9 - 51.4 51.6 43.8 57.4 51.9 49.2 27.6 - 54.2 53.9 53.6 47.8 50.4 49.3 50.2 51.6 51.0 54.6 55.7 54.8 53.5 74.2 69.0 60.0 57.0 53.8 58.8 50.0 57.1 55.3 30.2 - 62.4 59.4 68.2 67.6 70.2 78.0 77.6 69.4 62.5 65.3 64.5 56.0 64.3 65.8 -

DIO

139.2 106.4 - 106.7 106.3 108.4 - 104.1 103.1 111.0 - 112.3 117.1 122.5 - 110.6 109.0 89.1 - 98.2 93.7 53.1 - 115.5 112.1 103.2 - 94.4 91.2 85.6 - 85.1 90.8 94.0 - 87.9 135.0 118.5 - 87.3 81.4 95.6 - 124.5 108.3 57.8 - 98.4 93.2 111.2 - 112.0 135.7 119.1 - 78.3 82.2 92.4 - 95.4 103.0 -

DPO

35.9 31.4 - 31.6 33.6 32.4 - 31.9 32.8 37.6 - 30.7 35.2 41.4 - 38.6 44.9 35.6 - 38.3 34.3 18.4 - 38.3 42.8 43.7 - 42.1 40.7 36.9 - 35.2 37.6 39.1 - 36.7 56.4 50.3 - 38.0 35.5 44.4 - 52.6 47.6 25.2 - 47.7 42.3 48.6 - 50.6 61.4 58.5 - 43.1 45.2 51.6 - 54.0 58.4 -

Operating Cycle

- - - 159.0 159.7 171.7 - 155.3 152.8 164.3 - 163.8 166.8 174.4 - 162.0 160.6 132.9 57.4 150.1 142.9 80.7 - 169.6 166.0 156.8 47.8 144.8 140.5 135.8 51.6 136.1 145.4 149.8 54.8 141.4 209.2 187.6 60.0 144.3 135.3 154.5 50.0 181.6 163.6 87.9 - 160.8 152.6 179.4 67.6 182.2 213.8 196.7 69.4 140.9 147.5 156.8 56.0 159.7 168.9 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- - - 127.4 126.1 136.3 - 123.4 120.0 131.2 - 133.1 131.6 133.0 - 123.3 115.6 97.3 57.4 111.7 108.6 62.3 - 131.3 123.2 113.1 47.8 102.6 99.8 98.8 51.6 100.9 107.8 110.7 54.8 104.7 152.8 137.2 60.0 106.3 99.8 110.0 50.0 129.0 115.9 62.7 - 113.1 110.3 130.8 67.6 131.6 152.4 138.2 69.4 97.8 102.3 105.2 56.0 105.7 110.5 -

All numbers in USD currency

Multiples are an important financial analysis tool for the company Kadant , allowing investors and analysts to quickly assess the company’s value and investment attractiveness based on the ratio of market indicators to the company’s financial performance. Essentially, multiples express how the market values the company relative to its earnings, revenue, equity, or other key metrics.

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    Regular analysis of ratios helps track the dynamics of financial health, identify strengths and weaknesses of the business, as well as potential risks.
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