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KADANT INC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery)

Listing type has not been classified. Company financial ratios are not specific to a share class. CIK 0000886346

Dividend overview

Latest reported dividend

Not available

No event collected.

Next announced payment

Not available

No future payment is present in our collected records.

Ex-dividend date

Not reported

For the next collected payment. An unreported date is not inferred from the record date.

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Cash flow & dividend coverage

Cash payout ratio

15.5%

Annual cash dividends ÷ net income.

FCF payout ratio

10.2%

Annual cash dividends ÷ (operating cash flow − PP&E expenditures).

Company-level · annual period Dec 29, 2024 – Jan 3, 2026. Metric date: Oct 21, 2026. Calculated: 2026-10-21T15:56:51.834Z (UTC). Underlying filing

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Payout ratios describe historical financial results and do not guarantee future dividends. Read the calculation rules.

Cash-dividend numerator: Common-stock cash dividends. Total cash dividends may include more than the common-share distribution.

Dividend history

No matching dividend events have been collected. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.

Financial context

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Annual net income

20222022202320242026

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting periodMeasureUSD millionsFiling
Jan 3, 2026From Dec 29, 2024Operating cash flow171.3SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Jan 3, 2026From Dec 29, 2024Net income102.0SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Jan 3, 2026From Dec 29, 2024Common-stock cash dividends15.8SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Jan 3, 2026From Dec 29, 2024Capital expenditures (PP&E)17.0SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 28, 2024From Dec 31, 2023Operating cash flow155.3SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 28, 2024From Dec 31, 2023Net income111.6SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 28, 2024From Dec 31, 2023Common-stock cash dividends14.7SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 28, 2024From Dec 31, 2023Capital expenditures (PP&E)21.0SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 30, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Operating cash flow165.5SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 30, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Net income116.1SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 30, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Common-stock cash dividends13.2SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 30, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Capital expenditures (PP&E)31.9SEC filingMar 3, 2026
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 2, 2022Operating cash flow102.6SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 2, 2022Net income120.9SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 2, 2022Common-stock cash dividends12.0SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 2, 2022Capital expenditures (PP&E)28.2SEC filingFeb 25, 2025
Jan 1, 2022From Jan 3, 2021Operating cash flow162.4SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Jan 1, 2022From Jan 3, 2021Net income84.0SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Jan 1, 2022From Jan 3, 2021Common-stock cash dividends11.5SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Jan 1, 2022From Jan 3, 2021Capital expenditures (PP&E)12.8SEC filingFeb 27, 2024

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.

Read the numbers in context

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Sources & corrections

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