Kadant (KAI) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Kadant (KAI) posted EBT Margin of 12.78% for Q2 2026, up 4.53% sequentially from 12.22% in Q1 2026, and down 71.0% YoY from 44.05% in Q2 2025.

Kadant (KAI) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kadant has reported EBT Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 12.78% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly EBT Margin fell 71.0% year-over-year to 12.78% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 13.46% (down 103.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 13.65%, down 89.0% from the prior year.
EBT Margin advanced to 12.78% in Q2 2026 per KAI's latest filing, from 12.22% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 24.2% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 12.22% in Q1 2026.
A 5-year average of 15.58% and a median of 15.12% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBT Margin surged 1124 bps in 2022, then sank 766 bps in 2023.
Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 15.96% in 2022, then climbed by 5 bps to 16.83% in 2023, then declined by 10 bps to 15.12% in 2024, then slipped by 3 bps to 14.69% in 2025, then decreased by 13 bps to 12.78% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods registered 12.78%, 12.22%, and 14.69% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	EBT Margin (Qtr)
1	GE Vernova	256.94 Bn	243.82 Bn	2.36 Bn	8.33%
2	Eaton	163.14 Bn	162.45 Bn	2.86 Bn	13.41%
3	Parker-Hannifin	126.50 Bn	126.02 Bn	2.02 Bn	20.40%
4	Emerson Electric	87.87 Bn	85.69 Bn	2.66 Bn	18.80%
5	Cummins	81.13 Bn	76.46 Bn	2.47 Bn	13.67%
6	Illinois Tool Works	80.86 Bn	80.02 Bn	1.90 Bn	25.11%
7	Ametek	54.87 Bn	54.38 Bn	735.04 Mn	24.08%
8	Rockwell Automation	48.51 Bn	48.03 Bn	1.14 Bn	20.32%
9	Ingersoll Rand	31.31 Bn	30.14 Bn	862.60 Mn	15.97%
10	Kadant	3.68 Bn	3.55 Bn	137.01 Mn	14.71%

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