Kadant (KAI) FCF Margin (2011 - 2026)

Kadant (KAI) posted FCF Margin of 6.63% for Q2 2026, down 65.33% sequentially from 19.12% in Q1 2026, and down 131.0% YoY from 21.38% in Q2 2025.

Kadant (KAI) FCF Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kadant has reported FCF Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 6.63% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly FCF Margin fell 131.0% year-over-year to 6.63% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 14.06% (up 595.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 14.66%, up 192.0% from the prior year.
FCF Margin slipped to 6.63% in Q2 2026 per KAI's latest filing, from 19.12% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 19.12% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 5.35% in Q3 2022.
A 5-year average of 10.25% and a median of 9.23% in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin surged 994 bps in 2022, then sank 745 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 9.98% in 2022, then gained by 17 bps to 11.71% in 2023, then retreated by 6 bps to 11.06% in 2024, then surged by 47 bps to 16.22% in 2025, then plunged by 59 bps to 6.63% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 6.63%, 19.12%, and 16.22% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Margin (Qtr)
1	GE Vernova	259.48 Bn	246.36 Bn	2.36 Bn	45.98%
2	Eaton	163.74 Bn	163.04 Bn	2.86 Bn	10.24%
3	Parker-Hannifin	125.76 Bn	125.28 Bn	2.02 Bn	16.06%
4	Emerson Electric	87.16 Bn	84.98 Bn	2.66 Bn	27.13%
5	Cummins	81.50 Bn	76.83 Bn	2.47 Bn	13.22%
6	Illinois Tool Works	80.83 Bn	80.00 Bn	1.90 Bn	14.67%
7	Ametek	54.64 Bn	54.14 Bn	735.04 Mn	22.09%
8	Rockwell Automation	48.47 Bn	47.99 Bn	1.14 Bn	28.27%
9	Ingersoll Rand	31.55 Bn	30.37 Bn	862.60 Mn	13.12%
10	Kadant	3.67 Bn	3.54 Bn	137.01 Mn	13.60%

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