Kadant (KAI) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Kadant (KAI) posted Operating Margin of 14.25% for Q2 2026, up 2.69% sequentially from 13.87% in Q1 2026, and down 63.0% YoY from 38.51% in Q2 2025.

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

Kadant has reported Operating Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 14.25% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Operating Margin fell 63.0% year-over-year to 14.25% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 14.78% (down 138.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 14.95%, down 131.0% from the prior year.
Operating Margin rose to 14.25% in Q2 2026 per KAI's latest filing, from 13.87% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 24.71% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 13.87% in Q1 2026.
A 5-year average of 16.7% and a median of 16.78% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin jumped 1113 bps in 2022, then tumbled 726 bps in 2023.
Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 16.78% in 2022, then grew by 5 bps to 17.63% in 2023, then declined by 4 bps to 16.89% in 2024, then declined by 7 bps to 15.69% in 2025, then retreated by 9 bps to 14.25% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 14.25%, 13.87%, and 15.69% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Operating Margin (Qtr)
1	GE Vernova	256.94 Bn	243.82 Bn	2.36 Bn	5.88%
2	Eaton	163.14 Bn	162.45 Bn	2.86 Bn	16.32%
3	Parker-Hannifin	126.50 Bn	126.02 Bn	2.02 Bn	20.65%
4	Emerson Electric	87.87 Bn	85.69 Bn	2.66 Bn	26.92%
5	Cummins	81.13 Bn	76.46 Bn	2.47 Bn	13.52%
6	Illinois Tool Works	80.86 Bn	80.02 Bn	1.90 Bn	26.67%
7	Ametek	54.87 Bn	54.38 Bn	735.04 Mn	25.84%
8	Rockwell Automation	48.51 Bn	48.03 Bn	1.14 Bn	20.80%
9	Ingersoll Rand	31.31 Bn	30.14 Bn	862.60 Mn	18.56%
10	Kadant	3.68 Bn	3.55 Bn	137.01 Mn	16.26%

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