Kadant Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:KDA Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
19 Mar 25	Sell€101,981	Andy Blanchard	Individual	325	€313.79
28 Feb 25	Sell€2,858,587	Michael McKenney	Individual	8,026	€362.79
19 Nov 24	Sell€375,910	Dara Mitchell	Individual	1,001	€375.53
19 Nov 24	Sell€57,163	Thomas Leonard	Individual	152	€376.07
18 Nov 24	Sell€225,505	Fredrik Westerhout	Individual	600	€375.84
15 Nov 24	Sell€111,642	Rebecca O’Mara	Individual	300	€372.14
12 Nov 24	Sell€185,758	Michael Colwell	Individual	497	€373.76
26 Sep 24	Sell€603,741	Thomas Leonard	Individual	2,000	€302.62
16 Sep 24	Sell€2,897,923	Jeffrey Powell	Individual	10,000	€291.59
16 Sep 24	Sell€1,482,624	Thomas Leonard	Individual	5,133	€289.02
29 Aug 24	Sell€57,466	Rebecca O’Mara	Individual	200	€287.33
28 Aug 24	Sell€1,569,966	Michael McKenney	Individual	5,500	€286.46
26 Aug 24	Sell€71,992	John Albertine	Individual	250	€287.97
14 Aug 24	Sell€95,225	Peter Flynn	Individual	350	€272.07
31 May 24	Sell€286,331	Erin Russell	Individual	1,112	€257.49

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: KDA insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of KDA?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	2,850	0.0199%
Individual Insiders	127,685	0.893%
Institutions	14,175,271	99.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 94.03% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
15.3%	BlackRock, Inc.	1,805,426	€523.7m	89.6%	0.01%
11.3%	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC	1,334,266	€387.0m	-0.95%	0.93%
11.3%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,332,583	€386.5m	9.38%	0.01%
8.06%	Wasatch Advisors LP	949,632	€275.5m	-10.4%	1.05%
7.26%	Capital Research and Management Company	854,587	€247.9m	-9.79%	0.01%
4.71%	Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	555,195	€161.0m	-25.6%	0.14%
3.77%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	444,308	€128.9m	56.6%	0.01%
3.76%	Chevy Chase Trust Company	442,883	€128.5m	-6.84%	0.44%
2.73%	Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust	321,665	€93.3m	2.43%	0.13%
2.53%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	297,428	€86.3m	-4.47%	0.01%
2.33%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	274,851	€79.7m	3.34%	0.01%
2.18%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	256,768	€74.5m	99.2%	0.01%
2.1%	Riverbridge Partners, LLC	247,189	€71.7m	-9.17%	1.2%
1.88%	Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC	221,209	€64.2m	97.9%	1.02%
1.75%	UBS Asset Management AG	205,661	€59.7m	31.3%	0.01%
1.6%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	188,667	€54.7m	-1.43%	0.01%
1.58%	Brown Advisory Incorporated	185,672	€53.9m	-29.9%	0.08%
1.4%	Northern Trust Global Investments	165,438	€48.0m	7.1%	0.01%
1.37%	Champlain Investment Partners, LLC	160,800	€46.6m	249%	0.35%
1.27%	Royce & Associates, LP	149,185	€43.3m	-27.5%	0.46%
1.24%	FMR LLC	145,711	€42.3m	-8.76%	no data
1.17%	Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Asset Management Arm	137,314	€39.8m	-12.6%	0.26%
1.15%	Janus Henderson Group plc	134,966	€39.1m	-13.7%	0.02%
1.15%	Norges Bank Investment Management	134,871	€39.1m	0%	no data
1.08%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	126,606	€36.7m	4.04%	0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/19 05:34
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/19 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/29
Annual Earnings	2024/12/28

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Kadant Inc. is covered by 8 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Gary Prestopino	Barrington Research Associates, Inc.
Eric Prouty	Canaccord Genuity
Kurt Yinger	D.A. Davidson & Co.