Kadant (KAI) Debt Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Kadant's (KAI) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.21 in Q2 2026, up 9.87% year-on-year from 0.19 in Q2 2025, and down 3.11% quarter-over-quarter from 0.22 in Q1 2026.

Kadant (KAI) Debt Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kadant has disclosed Debt Ratio across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.21 for Q2 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q2 2026 came in at 0.21, up 9.87% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.21 (up 9.87% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.22, up 8.43% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.21 for Q2 2026 at Kadant, down from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.24 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.09 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.2 (2024), against an average of 0.19.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio plunged 46.09% in 2023 and jumped 113.89% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Kadant's Debt Ratio stood at 0.17 in 2022, then slumped by 46.09% to 0.09 in 2023, then surged by 113.89% to 0.2 in 2024, then dropped by 16.52% to 0.17 in 2025, then gained by 25.85% to 0.21 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.21 (Q2 2026), 0.22 (Q1 2026), and 0.17 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 251.14 Bn 242.11 Bn 1.78 Bn 0.04
2 Eaton 153.70 Bn 153.00 Bn 2.65 Bn 0.38
3 Parker-Hannifin 111.44 Bn 110.97 Bn 2.02 Bn 0.31
4 Cummins 90.06 Bn 87.33 Bn 2.24 Bn 0.20
5 Emerson Electric 77.51 Bn 75.74 Bn 2.42 Bn 0.32
6 Illinois Tool Works 72.86 Bn 72.03 Bn 1.76 Bn 0.56
7 Ametek 51.86 Bn 51.38 Bn 717.56 Mn 0.13
8 Rockwell Automation 50.08 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.13 Bn 0.33
9 Dover 28.99 Bn 27.35 Bn 798.14 Mn 0.24
10 Kadant 3.46 Bn 3.35 Bn 126.70 Mn 0.21

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 0.21
Jan 3, 2026 0.22
Sep 27, 2025 0.17
Jun 28, 2025 0.17
Mar 29, 2025 0.19
Dec 28, 2024 0.20
Sep 28, 2024 0.22
Jun 29, 2024 0.24
Mar 30, 2024 0.22
Dec 30, 2023 0.09
Sep 30, 2023 0.11
Jul 1, 2023 0.14
Apr 1, 2023 0.16
Dec 31, 2022 0.17
Oct 1, 2022 0.19
Jul 2, 2022 0.20
Apr 2, 2022 0.22
Jan 1, 2022 0.24
Oct 2, 2021 0.28
Jul 3, 2021 0.27