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Kadant price to free cash flow KAI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
19.4×
10-year median
21.3×
Against its 10-year history
32nd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.0× to 37.0×
Peer median
19.4×

Kadant's price to free cash flow is 19.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 21.3×, lower than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.0× in Mar 2020 to 37.0× in Feb 2024.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 19.4×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far19.4×19.2×27.7×
202523.7×20.6×33.2×
202430.0×23.9×37.0×
202330.6×20.1×34.5×
202219.3×13.3×21.0×
202120.3×19.0×25.3×
202019.6×8.0×21.6×
201920.3×13.9×23.7×
201814.1×13.7×29.7×
201729.4×14.0×29.9×
201615.9×10.4×16.7×
201512.0×11.7×17.3×
201413.4×11.5×14.0×
201311.5×10.3×11.7×
201211.0×9.4×12.3×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
KAIKadant19.4×
CXTCrane NXT14.6×
SXIStandex International45.3×
MWAMueller Water Products19.4×
HAYWHayward13.1×
MIRMirion Technologies27.6×
ESABESAB21.2×
ALHAlliance Laundry16.5×
KMTKennametaln/m
HLIOHelios Technologies20.4×
GRCGorman Rupp19.4×
Peer median19.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Kadant

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