Kadant Inc. (KAI) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Kadant Inc. (KAI): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Kadant Inc.
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.
Sector: Industrials · Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States · 4,000 employees · kadant.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Kadant Inc. (KAI) had a market capitalization of $3.53B, a trailing P/E of 32.2 (forward 22.1), a dividend yield of 0.48% and a beta of 1.17; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $244.87 – $354.07 (-8.3% over the year).
- Market cap
- $3.53B
- Enterprise value
- $3.91B
- Trailing P/E
- 32.2
- Forward P/E
- 22.1
- PEG ratio
- 2.64
- Price / book
- 3.41
- EPS (trailing)
- $9.29
- EPS (forward)
- $13.51
- Dividend yield
- 0.48%
- Payout ratio
- 14.8%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-07-16
- 52-week range
- $244.87 – $354.07
- 52-week change
- -8.3%
- Beta
- 1.17
- Average volume
- 140,033
- Shares outstanding
- 11.8M
- Short % of float
- 14.09%
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-08
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-08 scan of the US universe, Kadant Inc. (KAI) last closed at $298.76 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 40 (neutral territory), price -4.6% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +0.4%, MACD histogram -2.31.
Sentiment inputs: analyst consensus score 69/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 56 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
RapidTradeView has recorded no Congress or insider filing for KAI in the last 90 days. Coverage of House, Senate and SEC Form 4 filings began in July 2026, and insider sells are tracked for universe tickers only, so this is our record, not a guarantee that nothing was filed. Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
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What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Kadant Inc. (KAI) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell KAI.
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