Growth Metrics

Kadant (KAI) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Kadant's Debt Ratio history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.22 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 8.43% year-over-year to 0.22; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.22, up 8.43%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.22, 8.43% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 was 0.22 at Kadant, up from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.24 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.09 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.19 (2025), against an average of 0.18.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt Ratio tumbled 46.09% in 2023 before it surged 113.89% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.17 in 2022, then crashed by 46.09% to 0.09 in 2023, then soared by 113.89% to 0.2 in 2024, then decreased by 16.52% to 0.17 in 2025, then rose by 29.9% to 0.22 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for KAI's Debt Ratio are 0.22 (Q1 2026), 0.17 (Q3 2025), and 0.17 (Q2 2025).