Kadant (KAI) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Kadant (KAI) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.05 for Q2 2026, down 31.71% sequentially from 0.08 in Q1 2026, and down 73.2% YoY from 0.2 in Q2 2025.

Kadant (KAI) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kadant has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.05 in Q2 2026.

Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 73.2% year-over-year to 0.05 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.09 (down 50.69% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.1, down 4.98% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.05 in Q2 2026 per KAI's latest filing, from 0.08 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.26 in Q3 2022 and troughed at 0.36 in Q4 2022.
A 5-year average of 0.11 and a median of 0.12 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 119.02% in 2022, down 1211.85% in 2022.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.36 in 2022, then soared by 132.39% to 0.12 in 2023, then climbed by 6.38% to 0.12 in 2024, then slipped by 26.75% to 0.09 in 2025, then plunged by 41.63% to 0.05 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.05, 0.08, and 0.09 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	GE Vernova	259.15 Bn	246.03 Bn	2.36 Bn	0.03
2	Eaton	163.84 Bn	163.15 Bn	2.86 Bn	0.51
3	Parker-Hannifin	125.96 Bn	125.48 Bn	2.02 Bn	0.26
4	Emerson Electric	87.22 Bn	85.04 Bn	2.66 Bn	0.24
5	Cummins	81.45 Bn	76.78 Bn	2.47 Bn	0.22
6	Illinois Tool Works	80.94 Bn	80.10 Bn	1.90 Bn	0.73
7	Ametek	54.81 Bn	54.31 Bn	735.04 Mn	0.17
8	Rockwell Automation	48.53 Bn	48.05 Bn	1.14 Bn	0.24
9	Ingersoll Rand	31.45 Bn	30.27 Bn	862.60 Mn	0.03
10	Kadant	3.68 Bn	3.54 Bn	137.01 Mn	0.10

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