Kadant Inc. (KAI)
NYSE
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Kadant Inc. trades at $261.52. We do not hold enough of the inputs to value this company with the confidence the estimate implies, so we publish no fair value for it rather than a number we would not defend.
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. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
Super investor ownership
10 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Select Equity Group, Select Equity Group, L.P.$31.91M · 0.2% of book
- Jeremy Grantham, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC$25.01M · 0.1% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$8.47M · 0.0% of book
- Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$4.18M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$1.87M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in KAI
We hold 9 disclosed trades in KAI by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchBuy · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 30 Apr 2026 · disclosed 1 Jul 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 29 Jul 2024 · disclosed 22 Sept 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 8 Jul 2024 · disclosed 22 Sept 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 4 Jun 2024 · disclosed 22 Aug 2026
- Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 28 Feb 2022 · disclosed 3 Mar 2022
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
Common questions
Which funds own KAI?
10 of the institutions we track reported a position in KAI in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
Where does SteadyShares get its KAI data?
Fundamentals for KAI come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYSE; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC and is delayed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.