KAI Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Kadant | NYSE:KAI)

Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries. The company's three reportable segments are the Flow Control segment which consists of the fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines; the Industrial Processing segment which consists of the wood processing and stock-preparation product lines; and Material handling systems, which provides conveyor-belt equipment for industries such as mining, food processing, and packaging. The company has a geographic presence in the U.S., China, Asia, Germany, Canada, and Others.

Kadant trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol KAI.

As of July 13, 2026, KAI stock price declined to $291.93 with 72,134 million shares trading.

KAI has a beta of 1.31, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. KAI has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.

KAI has a market cap of $3.45 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Kadant reported $282 million in Revenue and $2.84 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $7 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.70.

In the last 3 years, KAI traded as high as $429.95 and as low as $196.99.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that KAI belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, IWM, VB, VBK.

KAI has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -13.6% while the SPY ETF gained +20.9%. KAI has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -10.1% and -10.0%, respectively, while the SPY returned +10.5% and +2.8%, respectively.

KAI support price is $287.14 and resistance is $302.12 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that KAI shares will trade within this expected range on the day.