Kadant Inc. (KAI) Cash Flow Statement

Kadant Inc. (KAI) generated $183.4M of operating cash flow over the twelve months to 2026-07-04, spent $23.4M on capital expenditure and had free cash flow of $160.0M, according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.

Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-07-04 · read by EquiReason

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Market cap: 3.1B
P/E TTM: 28.2
Dividend yield: 0.5%
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Line	FY2011 Dec 11	FY2012 Dec 12	FY2013 Dec 13	FY2014 Jan 15	FY2015 Jan 16	FY2016 Dec 16	FY2017 Dec 17	FY2018 Dec 18	FY2019 Dec 19	FY2020 Jan 21	FY2021 Jan 22	FY2022 Dec 22	FY2023 Dec 23	FY2024 Dec 24	FY2025 Jan 26	TTM Jul 26
Operating cash flow	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.06	0.10	0.09	0.16	0.10	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.18
Capital expenditure	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	-0.02
Free cash flow	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.09	0.09	0.15	0.07	0.13	0.13	0.15	0.16
Dividends paid	—	—	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	—
Share repurchases	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stock-based compensation	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	—

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Kadant Inc. — questions

What is Kadant Inc.'s operating cash flow?: $183.4M over the twelve months to 2026-07-04.
How much does Kadant Inc. spend on capital expenditure?: $23.4M over the twelve months to 2026-07-04.
What is Kadant Inc.'s free cash flow?: $160.0M over the twelve months to 2026-07-04: operating cash flow minus capital expenditure.

Every figure on this page comes from Kadant Inc.'s own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.

How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.

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