Kadant Inc (KAI) Institutional Ownership

Institutions by Trading Activity

Ownership Statistics

11,802,000Shares Outstanding

13,779,073Shares held by institutions

$4,467,037,676Value of institutional holdings

116.75%Institutional ownership %

7.81%Shares Changed QoQ

293No. of institutional investors

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

Ownership Summary

Kadant Inc (NYSE:KAI) has 293 institutional investors that have filed 13F reports for the period ending December 2025.

Collectively, these holders controlled 116.1% of Kadant's outstanding shares in December 2025, up from 113.6% in September 2025.
They increased total shares held in KAI by 7.53% quarter over quarter, and investors in Kadant increased 1.38% from a year ago.
During the quarter, 132 of these 293 funds increased positions in KAI, 112 reduced exposure, and 49 held steady.
Altogether, these fund groups held 13.7Mn shares in KAI by December 2025, up by 959.2K shares quarter on quarter, and down 1.53Mn shares year over year.
WASATCH ADVISORS LP holds the largest position in KAI at 1.04Mn shares as of December 31, 2025, or 8.8% of shares outstanding.
The most significant purchases of KAI for the quarter ending December 2025 came from WASATCH ADVISORS LP (125.34K), RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC (76.37K), DUDLEY & SHANLEY, INC. (20.62K), OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. (12.8K), Pictet Asset Management Holding SA (11.83K).
Leading sellers of Kadant shares for the quarter ending December 2025 were Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC (6.26K), SG Americas Securities, LLC (1.39K), Diversified Trust Co (368), GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. (315), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (200).
According to Business Quant data, leading holders of KAI for December 2025 are WASATCH ADVISORS LP (1.04Mn), RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC (252.23K), Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC (209.95K), DUDLEY & SHANLEY, INC. (75.74K), Pictet Asset Management Holding SA (55.07K), OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. (28.47K), GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. (12.39K), Clean Yield Group (12.17K), MOUNTAIN PACIFIC INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC (11.63K), State of Alaska, Department of Revenue (5.81K).

293 Institutional Holders

13,779,073 Total Shares Held

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Owner Name	Date	Shares Held	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
BlackRock, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	1,736,069	-3,782	-0.22%	$494,814,489.00
VANGUARD GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	1,297,741	-21,496	-1.63%	$369,882,140.00
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	31 Dec, 2025	1,189,115	-88,977	-6.96%	$338,921,737.00
WASATCH ADVISORS LP	31 Dec, 2025	913,206	28,609	3.23%	$260,281,974.00
M&T Bank Corp	31 Dec, 2025	740,618	739,649	76,331.16%	$49,339,509.00
Capital World Investors	31 Dec, 2025	494,773	178,563	56.47%	$141,020,200.00
Capital International Investors	31 Dec, 2025	477,474	-79	-0.02%	$136,089,639.00
State Street Corp	31 Dec, 2025	456,721	15,446	3.50%	$130,174,619.00
Neuberger Berman Group LLC	31 Dec, 2025	402,012	-25,339	-5.93%	$114,581,462.00
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	314,496	2,294	0.73%	$89,650,635.00
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	31 Dec, 2025	279,029	10,249	3.81%	$79,537,117.00
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.	31 Dec, 2025	273,880	273,880	0.00%	$78,061,000.00
Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	216,204	47,506	28.16%	$61,622,558.00
BROWN ADVISORY INC	31 Dec, 2025	205,195	55,510	37.08%	$58,484,855.00
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP	31 Dec, 2025	204,937	48,286	30.82%	$58,411,144.00
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	184,546	-63,374	-25.56%	$52,599,301.00
RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC	31 Dec, 2025	175,864	-22,519	-11.35%	$50,124,817.00
Morgan Stanley	31 Dec, 2025	171,730	-148,724	-46.41%	$48,946,750.00
Goldman Sachs Group Inc	31 Dec, 2025	152,550	71,173	87.46%	$43,479,806.00
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO	31 Dec, 2025	151,840	14,476	10.54%	$43,277,437.00

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