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Kadant KAI Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin45.2%+1.0pp44.3%+0.8pp43.5%+0.4pp43.1%+0.2pp
Operating margin14.9%-1.3pp16.3%-1.1pp17.3%-1.6pp18.9%+4.1pp
Net margin9.7%-0.9pp10.6%-1.5pp12.1%-1.2pp13.4%+2.7pp
EBITDA margin19.8%-1.1pp21%+0.2pp20.8%-2.0pp22.8%+3.6pp
Free cash flow margin14.7%+1.9pp12.7%-1.2pp14%+5.7pp8.2%-10.8pp
Returns
Return on equity11.2%-2.6pp13.8%-2.5pp16.3%-3.6pp19.9%+4.0pp
Return on assets6.5%-2.1pp8.6%-1.4pp10%-0.6pp10.6%+2.4pp
Return on invested capital9.6%-3.7pp13.4%-1.8pp15.2%-0.9pp16.1%+3.9pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.7×-0.1×0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×0.8×0.0×
Inventory turnover3.3×-0.7×3.9×+0.5×3.4×0.0×3.5×-0.3×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.4×+0.1×2.3×+0.3×2.1×+0.1×1.9×+0.2×
Quick ratio1.5×-0.1×1.5×+0.2×1.3×+0.2×1.2×+0.1×
Cash ratio0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×+0.1×0.4×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.4×0.0×0.4×+0.2×0.2×-0.2×0.3×-0.2×
Debt-to-assets0.2×0.0×0.2×+0.1×0.1×-0.1×0.2×-0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA1.4×+0.4×+0.9×0.2×-0.6×0.7×-0.6×
Interest coverage10.1×+1.6×8.6×-11.2×19.7×-6.7×26.4×+2.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$83.08+15.4%$71.97+9.1%$65.96+17.9%$55.94+15.6%
Valuation
Market capitalization$3.78B-13.7%$4.38B+30.6%$3.35B+41.1%$2.38B-2.0%
Enterprise value$4.08B-11.5%$4.61B+36.2%$3.38B+34.1%$2.52B-4.0%
Price / earnings37.1×-2.2×39.2×+10.4×28.9×+9.2×19.7×-9.2×
Price / sales3.6×-0.6×4.2×+0.7×3.5×+0.9×2.6×-0.5×
Price / book3.9×-1.3×5.2×+0.8×4.3×+0.7×3.6×-0.7×
EV / EBITDA19.6×-1.3×20.9×+3.9×17×+4.8×12.2×-5.2×
EV / sales3.9×-0.5×4.4×+0.8×3.5×+0.7×2.8×-0.6×
Free cash flow yield4.1%+1.0pp3.1%-0.9pp4%+0.9pp3.1%-3.0pp
Earnings yield2.7%+0.1pp2.5%-0.9pp3.5%-1.6pp5.1%+1.6pp
Dividend yield0.4%+0.1pp0.3%-0.1pp0.4%-0.1pp0.5%0.0pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Kadant's profit margins?
Kadant (KAI) runs a 45.0% gross margin and a 14.8% operating margin, with a 9.4% net margin.
Where do Kadant's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Kadant's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.