Kadant KAI
NYSE KAI
$267.52 +2.09 (+0.79%)
At close: Oct 22, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Kadant (KAI) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026)

Updated

Kadant's Price to Earnings came in at 33.26 for Q2 2027, down 4.7% from 34.89 a year earlier but up 1.6% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Kadant (KAI) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2026, Kadant's Price to Earnings was 33.11.

  • Going back by year, Price to Earnings was 36.95 in FY2024 (+30.6%), 28.30 in FY2023 (+65.0%) and 17.15 in FY2022 (-46.2%).
  • The five-year range for quarterly Price to Earnings is 31.54 (Q3 2022) to 35.65 (Q1 2026).
  • Business Quant data shows KAI's Price to Earnings at 32.73 (Q1 2027), 33.11 (Q4 2026) and 34.96 (Q3 2026) in the three quarters before Q2 2027.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 316.25 Bn 287.95 Bn 7.76 Bn
2 Amphenol 181.47 Bn 176.05 Bn 3.55 Bn
3 Deere 172.60 Bn 140.69 Bn 4.66 Bn
4 Eaton 143.01 Bn 140.20 Bn 2.86 Bn
5 Parker-Hannifin 111.22 Bn 109.35 Bn 2.25 Bn
6 3M 90.15 Bn 71.59 Bn 2.78 Bn
7 Emerson Electric 89.90 Bn 82.64 Bn 2.66 Bn
8 Illinois Tool Works 78.95 Bn 75.51 Bn 1.90 Bn
9 Vertiv Holdings 74.37 Bn 65.00 Bn 1.23 Bn
10 Kadant 3.13 Bn 2.64 Bn 137.01 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 4, 2026 33.26
Apr 4, 2026 32.73
Jan 3, 2026 33.11
Sep 27, 2025 34.96
Jun 28, 2025 34.89
Mar 29, 2025 35.65
Dec 28, 2024 36.95
Sep 28, 2024 34.23
Jun 29, 2024 30.20
Mar 30, 2024 34.19
Dec 30, 2023 28.30
Sep 30, 2023 23.01
Jul 1, 2023 23.34
Apr 1, 2023 22.64
Dec 31, 2022 17.15
Oct 1, 2022 13.86
Jul 2, 2022 16.22
Apr 2, 2022 17.69
Jan 1, 2022 25.41
Oct 2, 2021 31.54
API Access

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