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
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
25 Nov 25	SellUS$405,180	Erin Russell	Individual	1,435	US$282.36
11 Nov 25	SellUS$186,569	Rebecca O’Mara	Individual	699	US$267.28
27 Aug 25	SellUS$140,442	Thomas Leonard	Individual	415	US$338.41
18 Aug 25	SellUS$244,902	Andy Blanchard	Individual	714	US$343.00
13 Jun 25	SellUS$480,000	Peter Flynn	Individual	1,500	US$320.00
19 Mar 25	SellUS$111,018	Andy Blanchard	Individual	325	US$341.59
28 Feb 25	SellUS$2,974,287	Michael McKenney	Individual	8,026	US$377.48

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of KAI?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	3,361	0.0247%
Individual Insiders	124,902	0.917%
Institutions	13,496,508	99.1%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 87.79% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
14.8%	BlackRock, Inc.	1,739,851	US$501.1m	-1.57%	0.01%
11.2%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,319,237	US$380.0m	-1.12%	no data
10.9%	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC	1,278,092	US$368.1m	-2.24%	0.87%
7.51%	Wasatch Advisors LP	884,597	US$254.8m	-10.1%	0.85%
6.74%	Capital Research and Management Company	793,763	US$228.6m	-2.95%	0.01%
3.75%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	441,275	US$127.1m	-0.87%	no data
3.63%	Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	427,351	US$123.1m	-13.2%	0.09%
2.65%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	312,202	US$89.9m	11.9%	no data
2.58%	Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust	303,795	US$87.5m	-7.79%	0.11%
2.28%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	268,780	US$77.4m	-1.35%	0.01%
2.24%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	263,577	US$75.9m	39.2%	0.01%
2.1%	Champlain Investment Partners, LLC	247,920	US$71.4m	-0.29%	0.54%
1.98%	Morgan Stanley	232,849	US$67.1m	-19.7%	0.01%
1.93%	Chevy Chase Trust Company	226,802	US$65.3m	-27.4%	0.17%
1.68%	Riverbridge Partners, LLC	198,383	US$57.1m	-8.02%	0.97%
1.43%	Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC	168,698	US$48.6m	-24%	0.79%
1.33%	Royce & Associates, LP	156,651	US$45.1m	12.8%	0.41%
1.32%	Northern Trust Global Investments	155,976	US$44.9m	-2.78%	0.01%
1.27%	Brown Advisory Incorporated	149,600	US$43.1m	-13.7%	0.05%
1.17%	Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.	137,364	US$39.6m	0.04%	0.21%
1.15%	UBS Asset Management AG	135,583	US$39.1m	-9.26%	no data
1.08%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	127,564	US$36.7m	-0.31%	no data
1.07%	Norges Bank Investment Management	126,064	US$36.3m	0%	no data
1.04%	Wells Fargo & Company	122,293	US$35.2m	-6.31%	0.01%
1.03%	FMR LLC	121,881	US$35.1m	-16.4%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/12/08 05:47
End of Day Share Price	2025/12/05 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/27
Annual Earnings	2024/12/28

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
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.