Kadant Inc.

NYSE:KAI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.8b

Kadant Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:KAI Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
25 Nov 25SellUS$405,180Erin RussellIndividual1,435US$282.36
11 Nov 25SellUS$186,569Rebecca O’MaraIndividual699US$267.28
27 Aug 25SellUS$140,442Thomas LeonardIndividual415US$338.41
18 Aug 25SellUS$244,902Andy BlanchardIndividual714US$343.00
13 Jun 25SellUS$480,000Peter FlynnIndividual1,500US$320.00
19 Mar 25SellUS$111,018Andy BlanchardIndividual325US$341.59

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of KAI?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government2,6420.0196%
Individual Insiders125,5570.932%
Institutions13,344,16299%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 86.72% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
14.7%
BlackRock, Inc.
1,736,069US$557.7m-0.22%0.01%
11%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
1,297,741US$416.9m-1.63%0.01%
10.1%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
1,189,442US$382.1m-6.94%1.02%
8.25%
Capital Research and Management Company
972,247US$312.3m22.5%0.01%
7.75%
Wasatch Advisors LP
913,206US$293.4m3.23%1.07%
3.87%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
456,721US$146.7m3.5%no data
3.41%
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
402,012US$129.1m-5.93%0.1%
2.67%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
314,496US$101.0m0.73%0.01%
2.37%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
279,029US$89.6m3.81%0.01%
2.32%
Nomura Investment Management Business Trust
273,880US$88.0m-9.85%0.12%
2.27%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
267,720US$86.0m1.57%0.01%
1.83%
Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC
216,204US$69.5m28.2%1.24%
1.74%
Brown Advisory Incorporated
205,119US$65.9m37.1%0.1%
1.74%
Royce & Associates, LP
204,937US$65.8m30.8%0.6%
1.57%
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
184,546US$59.3m-25.6%0.66%
1.49%
Riverbridge Partners, LLC
175,864US$56.5m-11.4%1.16%
1.29%
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
151,840US$48.8m10.5%0.26%
1.28%
Norges Bank Investment Management
150,814US$48.4m19.6%no data
1.24%
Northern Trust Global Investments
146,166US$47.0m-6.29%0.01%
1.1%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
129,523US$41.6m1.54%0.01%
1.07%
Chevy Chase Trust Company
126,416US$40.6m-44.3%0.11%
1.05%
Wells Fargo & Company
123,399US$39.6m0.9%0.01%
0.89%
UBS Asset Management AG
104,493US$33.6m-22.9%no data
0.87%
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
102,297US$32.9m-7.55%0.01%
0.84%
Morgan Stanley
99,168US$31.9m-57.4%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/13 21:54
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/13 00:00
Earnings2026/01/03
Annual Earnings2026/01/03

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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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.

AnalystInstitution
Gary PrestopinoBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Eric ProutyCanaccord Genuity
Kurt YingerD.A. Davidson & Co.