Kadant (KAI) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)

Kadant (KAI) posted Net Margin of 9.17% for Q2 2026, up 7.19% sequentially from 8.56% in Q1 2026, and down 104.0% YoY from 229.31% in Q2 2025.

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

Kadant has reported Net Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 9.17% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Net Margin fell 104.0% year-over-year to 9.17% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 9.6% (up 22.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 9.85%, down 83.0% from the prior year.
Net Margin improved to 9.17% in Q2 2026 per KAI's latest filing, from 8.56% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 18.3% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 8.56% in Q1 2026.
A 5-year average of 11.43% and a median of 11.12% in 2024 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Net Margin soared 856 bps in 2022, then slumped 600 bps in 2023.
Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 11.29% in 2022, then increased by 10 bps to 12.41% in 2023, then retreated by 10 bps to 11.12% in 2024, then dropped by 7 bps to 10.35% in 2025, then declined by 11 bps to 9.17% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 9.17%, 8.56%, and 10.35% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Net Margin (Qtr)
1	GE Vernova	256.94 Bn	243.82 Bn	2.36 Bn	5.84%
2	Eaton	163.14 Bn	162.45 Bn	2.86 Bn	9.65%
3	Parker-Hannifin	126.50 Bn	126.02 Bn	2.02 Bn	16.48%
4	Emerson Electric	87.87 Bn	85.69 Bn	2.66 Bn	14.73%
5	Cummins	81.13 Bn	76.46 Bn	2.47 Bn	9.86%
6	Illinois Tool Works	80.86 Bn	80.02 Bn	1.90 Bn	18.95%
7	Ametek	54.87 Bn	54.38 Bn	735.04 Mn	19.90%
8	Rockwell Automation	48.51 Bn	48.03 Bn	1.14 Bn	17.64%
9	Ingersoll Rand	31.31 Bn	30.14 Bn	862.60 Mn	12.59%
10	Kadant	3.68 Bn	3.55 Bn	137.01 Mn	10.50%

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