Kadant Inc.
Kadant Inc. is classed by the SEC under Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (industry code 3550), based in Westford, MA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, it reported revenue of $1.1 billion and a profit of $102 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3550, Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery)); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.6 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.6 out of ten, present 5.9 out of ten, future 4.1 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.1 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 71st percentile among 68 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 7.7 out of ten. +10.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 77th percentile among 64 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 3.4 out of ten. Share count grew 0.3% a year. 9% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases. 34th percentile among 57 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.5 out of ten. ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 42%: owes 42¢ per asset dollar. 55th percentile among 65 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 5.1 out of ten. top 49% of 63 in its family; net margin 9.7%. 51st percentile among 63 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 7.9 out of ten. top 21% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019. 79th percentile among 55 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 5.6 out of ten. top 44% of 63 in its family for room to expand. 56th percentile among 63 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 3.0 out of ten. bottom 30% of 64 in its family for growth drivers. 30th percentile among 64 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 2.9 out of ten. bottom 29% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality. 29th percentile among 62 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 for the period ended 2026-01-03 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-12 for the period ended 2026-07-04 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-04 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-10-05. Filings on record since 1996. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Parts and Consumables 71%, Capital 29%. By geography: United States 51%, Europe 23%, Canada 10%, Rest of World 6%, China 6%, Germany 4%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-03-03).
Who runs it
Powell, Jeffrey L (President & CEO); Painter, Jonathan W (Exec. Chairman of the Board); Blanchard, Thomas Andrew (Vice President); Colwell, Michael C. (Senior Vice President); Flynn, Peter J. (Senior Vice President); Mckenney, Michael J (Executive Vice President & CFO); Selwood, Deborah (Senior Vice President & CAO); Westerhout, Fredrik H (Vice President); Krause, Stacy D. (SVP, GC and Secretary); Mitchell, Dara F (Senior VP, Corp. Development); and 4 more. 14 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-05.
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