Kadant (KAI) Research & Development (2010 - 2026)

Kadant has disclosed Research & Development across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $4.1 million for Q2 2026.

• Research & Development for Q2 2026 came in at $4.1 million, up 15.13% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $15.8 million (up 11.69% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $15.3 million, up 6.61% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $4.1 million for Q2 2026 at Kadant, down from $4.1 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $4.1 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $2.9 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $3.4 million (2023), against an average of $3.5 million.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development advanced 22.5% in 2022 and declined 5.55% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Kadant's Research & Development stood at $3.2 million in 2022, then increased by 5.52% to $3.3 million in 2023, then rose by 2.56% to $3.4 million in 2024, then gained by 14.96% to $3.9 million in 2025, then grew by 3.5% to $4.1 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $4.1 million (Q2 2026), $4.1 million (Q1 2026), and $3.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.