Kadant (KAI) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

Kadant (KAI) posted Tax Rate of 28.2% for Q2 2026, down 5.95% sequentially from 29.98% in Q1 2026, and up 394.0% YoY from 5.71% in Q2 2025.

Kadant (KAI) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kadant has reported Tax Rate for 17 years, with the latest figure at 28.2% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Tax Rate rose 394.0% year-over-year to 28.2% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 28.66% (up 294.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 27.79%, up 132.0% from the prior year.
Tax Rate fell to 28.2% in Q2 2026 per KAI's latest filing, from 29.98% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 29.98% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 22.78% in Q1 2022.
A 5-year average of 26.51% and a median of 26.35% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Tax Rate soared 646 bps in 2022, then sank 176 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 29.24% in 2022, then decreased by 10 bps to 26.25% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 26.45% in 2024, then grew by 12 bps to 29.5% in 2025, then retreated by 4 bps to 28.2% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 28.2%, 29.98%, and 29.5% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Tax Rate (Qtr)
1	GE Vernova	256.92 Bn	243.80 Bn	2.36 Bn	29.84%
2	Eaton	163.20 Bn	162.51 Bn	2.86 Bn	28.06%
3	Parker-Hannifin	126.62 Bn	126.14 Bn	2.02 Bn	19.21%
4	Emerson Electric	87.93 Bn	85.75 Bn	2.66 Bn	21.62%
5	Cummins	81.22 Bn	76.55 Bn	2.47 Bn	25.14%
6	Illinois Tool Works	80.97 Bn	80.13 Bn	1.90 Bn	24.54%
7	Ametek	54.80 Bn	54.30 Bn	735.04 Mn	17.36%
8	Rockwell Automation	48.55 Bn	48.07 Bn	1.14 Bn	13.19%
9	Ingersoll Rand	31.40 Bn	30.23 Bn	862.60 Mn	21.13%
10	Kadant	3.70 Bn	3.57 Bn	137.01 Mn	28.64%

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