What is Kadant's goodwill?

Kadant (KAI) reported goodwill of $551.09M in Q1 2026.

How has Kadant's goodwill changed year-over-year?

Kadant's goodwill increased by 13.7% year-over-year, from $484.5M to $551.09M.

What is the long-term trend for Kadant's goodwill?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Kadant's goodwill has grown at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $351.75M to $555.62M.

What does goodwill mean?

The excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired — representing brand value, customer relationships, and synergies from past M&A.

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Segments

By segment

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Industrial Processing$303.5M+24.2%

Material Handling$194.6M+1.9%

Flow Control$138.54M+2.9%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$281.5M+17.7%

Gross profit$126.7M+14.8%

Operating income$40.1M+12.7%

Net income$25.5M+6.0%

EPS (diluted)$2.16+5.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$119.8M+27.7%

Total debt$368.6M+30.6%

Total equity$995.6M+13.7%

Total assets$1.7B+19.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$21.9M-4.0%

CapEx$3.3M-15.1%

Free cash flow$18.7M-1.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$3.6B-6.9%

Enterprise value$3.84B-5.0%

P/E34.8×0.0×

P/S3.3×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin45%+0.4pp

Operating margin14.8%-1.5pp

Net margin9.4%-1.2pp

FCF margin14.1%+1.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.1%-2.3pp

Debt / equity0.4×0.0×

Current ratio2.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Kadant in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.

The official record: Kadant’s 10-Q, filed May 13, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Kadant's goodwill?: Kadant (KAI) reported goodwill of $551.09M in Q1 2026.
How has Kadant's goodwill changed year-over-year?: Kadant's goodwill increased by 13.7% year-over-year, from $484.5M to $551.09M.
What is the long-term trend for Kadant's goodwill?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Kadant's goodwill has grown at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $351.75M to $555.62M.
What does goodwill mean?: The excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired — representing brand value, customer relationships, and synergies from past M&A.