What is Kadant's operating income?

Kadant (KAI) reported operating income of $40.11M in Q1 2026.

How has Kadant's operating income changed year-over-year?

Kadant's operating income increased by 12.7% year-over-year, from $35.59M to $40.11M.

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

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Kadant's operating income has grown at a 7.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $116.71M to $157.29M.

What does operating income mean?

Gross profit minus all operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, D&A). Measures the profit from core business operations before interest, taxes, and non-operating items.

Kadant KAI Operating Income

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Segments

By segment

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Flow Control$24.2M+6.4%

Industrial Processing$19.91M+18.3%

Material Handling$7.47M-0.9%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$281.5M+17.7%

Gross profit$126.7M+14.8%

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:OperatingIncomeLoss.

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 operating income?: Kadant (KAI) reported operating income of $40.11M in Q1 2026.
How has Kadant's operating income changed year-over-year?: Kadant's operating income increased by 12.7% year-over-year, from $35.59M to $40.11M.
What is the long-term trend for Kadant's operating income?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Kadant's operating income has grown at a 7.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $116.71M to $157.29M.
What does operating income mean?: Gross profit minus all operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, D&A). Measures the profit from core business operations before interest, taxes, and non-operating items.