Kadant (KAI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Kadant's (KAI) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $241.4 million in Q2 2026, up 18.55% year-on-year from $203.6 million in Q2 2025, and down 2.07% quarter-over-quarter from $246.5 million in Q1 2026.

Kadant (KAI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kadant has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $241.4 million for Q2 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q2 2026 came in at $241.4 million, up 18.55% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $932.7 million (up 42.92% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $895.0 million, up 1.45% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $241.4 million for Q2 2026 at Kadant, down from $246.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $262.4 million in Q1 2022 to a low of $170.5 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $207.8 million (2024), against an average of $211.6 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 12680.47% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 26.39% in 2022.
  • Kadant's Operating Expenses stood at $193.1 million in 2022, then advanced by 3.88% to $200.6 million in 2023, then grew by 10.96% to $222.6 million in 2024, then rose by 2.84% to $229.0 million in 2025, then climbed by 5.44% to $241.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $241.4 million (Q2 2026), $246.5 million (Q1 2026), and $229.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 251.14 Bn 242.11 Bn 1.78 Bn 1.60 Bn
2 Eaton 153.70 Bn 153.00 Bn 2.65 Bn 1.48 Bn
3 Parker-Hannifin 111.44 Bn 110.97 Bn 2.02 Bn 884.00 Mn
4 Cummins 90.06 Bn 87.33 Bn 2.24 Bn 1.20 Bn
5 Emerson Electric 77.51 Bn 75.74 Bn 2.42 Bn 1.32 Bn
6 Illinois Tool Works 72.86 Bn 72.03 Bn 1.76 Bn -
7 Ametek 51.86 Bn 51.38 Bn 717.56 Mn 1.41 Bn
8 Rockwell Automation 50.08 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.13 Bn 658.00 Mn
9 Dover 28.99 Bn 27.35 Bn 798.14 Mn 492.23 Mn
10 Kadant 3.46 Bn 3.35 Bn 126.70 Mn 241.40 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 4, 2026 241.40 Mn
Jan 3, 2026 246.50 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 228.95 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 215.89 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 203.62 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 222.63 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 226.36 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 212.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 200.64 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 201.98 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 189.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 193.15 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 185.62 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 184.18 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 170.51 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 262.38 Mn
Oct 2, 2021 171.06 Mn
Jul 3, 2021 162.80 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 149.04 Mn
Jan 2, 2021 2.05 Mn