Kadant EV/EBIT KAI

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 19.6×
10-year median: 18.5×
Against its 10-year history: 53rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.3× to 29.7×
Peer median: 17.0×

Kadant's EV/EBIT is 19.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 18.5×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.3× in Mar 2020 to 29.7× in Nov 2024.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 17.0×.

EV/EBIT over time

median 18.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	19.6×	19.5×	26.6×
2025	22.9×	20.0×	27.6×
2024	25.1×	18.4×	29.7×
2023	19.9×	13.3×	19.9×
2022	13.3×	12.6×	24.9×
2021	26.5×	21.9×	28.9×
2020	21.6×	10.3×	21.7×
2019	15.4×	11.6×	15.5×
2018	12.4×	12.1×	22.4×
2017	22.2×	12.2×	22.6×
2016	13.0×	7.3×	13.6×
2015	8.5×	8.3×	13.5×
2014	11.2×	10.0×	12.2×
2013	12.3×	6.2×	12.5×
2012	6.6×	5.3×	6.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest Kadant's size, closest first, today.

Company	EV/EBIT
KAIKadant	19.6×
CXTCrane NXT	17.8×
SXIStandex International	16.3×
MWAMueller Water Products	11.9×
HAYWHayward	12.7×
MIRMirion Technologies	69.0×
ESABESAB	16.2×
ALHAlliance Laundry	17.7×
KMTKennametal	6.0×
HLIOHelios Technologies	20.3×
GRCGorman Rupp	20.9×
Peer median	17.0×

Where Kadant ranks

#33of 71Industrial machinery stocks with the lowest EV/EBIT

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.