KADANT INC (KAI) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $159.99M; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-07-04..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-07-04..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-07-04..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 13.89%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-07-04..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-07-04; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $159.99M | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-07-04. $183.44M − $23.45M ≈ $159.99M |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-07-04. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-07-04. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 13.89% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-07-04. $159.99M ÷ $1.15B × 100 ≈ 13.89% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-07-04. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $183.44M | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-07-04. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 1.67× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-07-04. $183.44M ÷ $109.72M ≈ 1.67× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 183.44M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Continuing Operations |
| Capital spending | 23.45M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 159.99M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Continuing Operations · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 1.15B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | |
| Net income | 109.72M USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | $159.99M | (m) | $183.44M | $23.45M | (m) | $1.15B | (m) | $109.72M | (m) | (m) | 13.89% | 1.67× |
| 2026-04-04 | $153.94M | (m) | $170.41M | $16.47M | (m) | $1.09B | (m) | $103.42M | (m) | (m) | 14.06% | 1.65× |
| 2026-01-03 | $154.28M | (m) | $171.33M | $17.05M | (m) | $1.05B | (m) | $101.97M | (m) | (m) | 14.66% | 1.68× |
| 2025-09-27 | $145.89M | (m) | $162.46M | $16.57M | (m) | $1.02B | (m) | $101.98M | (m) | (m) | 14.25% | 1.59× |
| 2025-06-28 | $150.12M | (m) | $167.69M | $17.56M | (m) | $1.02B | (m) | $105.84M | (m) | (m) | 14.66% | 1.58× |
| 2025-03-29 | $136.70M | (m) | $155.27M | $18.57M | (m) | $1.04B | (m) | $110.97M | (m) | (m) | 13.10% | 1.40× |
| 2024-12-28 | $134.26M | (m) | $155.26M | $21.00M | (m) | $1.05B | (m) | $111.60M | (m) | (m) | 12.75% | 1.39× |
| 2024-09-28 | $137.42M | (m) | $162.61M | $25.19M | (m) | $1.03B | (m) | $114.96M | (m) | (m) | 13.29% | 1.41× |
| 2024-06-29 | $127.25M | (m) | $157.10M | $29.85M | (m) | $1.01B | (m) | $114.24M | (m) | (m) | 12.64% | 1.38× |
| 2024-03-30 | $117.86M | (m) | $151.51M | $33.65M | (m) | $976.89M | (m) | $112.68M | (m) | (m) | 12.06% | 1.34× |
| 2023-12-30 | $133.69M | (m) | $165.54M | $31.85M | (m) | $957.67M | (m) | $116.07M | (m) | (m) | 13.96% | 1.43× |
| 2023-09-30 | $107.37M | (m) | $141.47M | $34.10M | (m) | $951.09M | (m) | $114.75M | (m) | (m) | 11.29% | 1.23× |
| 2023-07-01 | $87.77M | (m) | $119.40M | $31.63M | (m) | $931.42M | (m) | $111.38M | (m) | (m) | 9.42% | 1.07× |
| 2023-04-01 | $85.92M | (m) | $115.72M | $29.80M | (m) | $908.02M | (m) | $107.81M | (m) | (m) | 9.46% | 1.07× |
| 2022-12-31 | $74.43M | (m) | $102.63M | $28.20M | (m) | $904.74M | (m) | $120.93M | (m) | (m) | 8.23% | 0.85× |
| 2022-10-01 | $107.20M | (m) | $128.47M | $21.27M | (m) | $891.15M | (m) | $119.01M | (m) | (m) | 12.03% | 1.08× |
| 2022-07-02 | $123.24M | (m) | $141.51M | $18.27M | (m) | $866.43M | (m) | $111.98M | (m) | (m) | 14.22% | 1.26× |
| 2022-04-02 | $153.72M | (m) | $167.10M | $13.38M | (m) | $840.60M | (m) | $108.67M | (m) | (m) | 18.29% | 1.54× |
| 2022-01-01 | $149.65M | (m) | $162.42M | $12.77M | (m) | $786.58M | (m) | $84.04M | (m) | (m) | 19.03% | 1.93× |
| 2021-10-02 | $131.83M | (m) | $141.69M | $9.86M | (m) | $736.49M | (m) | $76.09M | (m) | (m) | 17.90% | 1.86× |
| 2021-07-03 | $119.84M | (m) | $128.15M | $8.32M | (m) | $691.32M | (m) | $70.48M | (m) | (m) | 17.33% | 1.82× |
| 2021-04-03 | $98.64M | (m) | $105.81M | $7.17M | (m) | $648.36M | (m) | $59.23M | (m) | (m) | 15.21% | 1.79× |
| 2021-01-02 | $85.29M | (m) | $92.88M | $7.59M | (m) | $635.03M | (m) | $55.20M | (m) | (m) | 13.43% | 1.68× |
| 2020-09-26 | $82.71M | (m) | $91.85M | $9.14M | (m) | $649.26M | (m) | $47.74M | (m) | (m) | 12.74% | 1.92× |
| 2020-06-27 | $83.72M | (m) | $93.13M | $9.41M | (m) | $668.15M | (m) | $49.00M | (m) | (m) | 12.53% | 1.90× |
| 2020-03-28 | $83.23M | (m) | $93.71M | $10.47M | (m) | $692.46M | (m) | $53.70M | (m) | (m) | 12.02% | 1.75× |
| 2019-12-28 | $87.46M | (m) | $97.41M | $9.96M | (m) | $704.64M | (m) | $52.07M | (m) | (m) | 12.41% | 1.87× |
| 2019-09-28 | $58.62M | (m) | $68.60M | $9.98M | (m) | $685.92M | (m) | $61.74M | (m) | (m) | 8.55% | 1.11× |
| 2019-06-29 | $49.41M | (m) | $59.90M | $10.49M | (m) | $678.16M | (m) | $64.41M | (m) | (m) | 7.29% | 0.93× |
| 2019-03-30 | $52.07M | (m) | $65.64M | $13.58M | (m) | $655.91M | (m) | $60.45M | (m) | (m) | 7.94% | 1.09× |
| 2018-12-29 | $46.43M | (m) | $62.98M | $16.56M | (m) | $633.79M | (m) | $60.41M | (m) | (m) | 7.33% | 1.04× |
| 2018-09-29 | $64.01M | (m) | $85.39M | $21.38M | (m) | $618.99M | (m) | $42.75M | (m) | (m) | 10.34% | 2.00× |
| 2018-06-30 | $51.30M | (m) | $75.36M | $24.06M | (m) | $606.04M | (m) | $37.25M | (m) | (m) | 8.47% | 2.02× |
| 2018-03-31 | $49.99M | (m) | $70.70M | $20.71M | (m) | $561.37M | (m) | $33.00M | (m) | (m) | 8.90% | 2.14× |
| 2017-12-30 | $47.88M | (m) | $65.16M | $17.28M | (m) | $515.03M | (m) | $31.09M | (m) | (m) | 9.30% | 2.10× |
| 2017-09-30 | $37.65M | (m) | $48.59M | $10.94M | (m) | $466.13M | (m) | $38.06M | (m) | (m) | 8.08% | 1.28× |
| 2017-07-01 | $49.67M | (m) | $57.17M | $7.50M | (m) | $418.86M | (m) | $33.94M | (m) | (m) | 11.86% | 1.68× |
| 2017-04-01 | $40.17M | (m) | $47.17M | $7.00M | (m) | $420.44M | (m) | $34.15M | (m) | (m) | 9.55% | 1.38× |
| 2016-12-31 | $45.20M | (m) | $51.00M | $5.80M | (m) | $414.13M | (m) | $32.08M | (m) | (m) | 10.91% | 1.59× |
| 2016-10-01 | $39.58M | (m) | $44.57M | $4.99M | (m) | $421.49M | (m) | $34.73M | (m) | (m) | 9.39% | 1.28× |
| 2016-07-02 | $40.42M | (m) | $44.98M | $4.56M | (m) | $407.89M | (m) | $34.22M | (m) | (m) | 9.91% | 1.31× |
| 2016-04-02 | $40.86M | (m) | $45.65M | $4.79M | (m) | $394.39M | (m) | $34.37M | (m) | (m) | 10.36% | 1.33× |
| 2016-01-02 | $32.39M | (m) | $37.87M | $5.48M | (m) | $390.11M | (m) | $34.39M | (m) | (m) | 8.30% | 1.10× |
| 2015-10-03 | $36.34M | (m) | $44.01M | $7.68M | (m) | $387.71M | (m) | $33.10M | (m) | (m) | 9.37% | 1.33× |
| 2015-07-04 | $35.32M | (m) | $43.28M | $7.96M | (m) | $394.50M | (m) | $31.11M | (m) | (m) | 8.95% | 1.39× |
| 2015-04-04 | $30.67M | (m) | $38.10M | $7.43M | (m) | $401.01M | (m) | $30.50M | (m) | (m) | 7.65% | 1.25× |
| 2015-01-03 | $42.12M | (m) | $48.87M | $6.75M | (m) | $402.13M | (m) | $28.66M | (m) | (m) | 10.47% | 1.71× |
| 2014-09-27 | $34.72M | (m) | $39.97M | $5.26M | (m) | $391.74M | (m) | $25.49M | (m) | (m) | 8.86% | 1.57× |
| 2014-06-28 | $32.24M | (m) | $37.37M | $5.13M | (m) | $384.33M | (m) | $25.29M | (m) | (m) | 8.39% | 1.48× |
| 2014-03-29 | $33.78M | (m) | $39.40M | $5.62M | (m) | $361.66M | (m) | $23.19M | (m) | (m) | 9.34% | 1.70× |
| 2013-12-28 | $33.81M | (m) | $40.08M | $6.26M | (m) | $344.50M | (m) | $23.42M | (m) | (m) | 9.82% | 1.71× |
| 2013-09-28 | $36.35M | (m) | $43.24M | $6.88M | (m) | $327.74M | (m) | $27.06M | (m) | (m) | 11.09% | 1.60× |
| 2013-06-29 | $37.33M | (m) | $43.31M | $5.98M | (m) | $323.02M | (m) | $29.07M | (m) | (m) | 11.56% | 1.49× |
| 2013-03-30 | $34.91M | (m) | $40.08M | $5.17M | (m) | $323.84M | (m) | $29.85M | (m) | (m) | 10.78% | 1.34× |
| 2012-12-29 | $24.86M | (m) | $29.11M | $4.25M | (m) | $331.75M | (m) | $31.62M | (m) | (m) | 7.49% | 0.92× |
| 2012-09-29 | $27.01M | (m) | $31.08M | $4.07M | (m) | $350.66M | (m) | $33.89M | (m) | (m) | 7.70% | 0.92× |
| 2012-06-30 | $25.89M | (m) | $30.80M | $4.91M | (m) | $348.42M | (m) | $34.08M | (m) | (m) | 7.43% | 0.90× |
| 2012-03-31 | $22.72M | (m) | $29.84M | $7.12M | (m) | $347.89M | (m) | $32.31M | (m) | (m) | 6.53% | 0.92× |
| 2011-12-31 | $26.29M | (m) | $34.31M | $8.03M | (m) | $335.46M | (m) | $33.58M | (m) | (m) | 7.84% | 1.02× |
| 2011-10-01 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-07-02 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-04-02 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-01-01 | $25.02M | (m) | $28.43M | $3.41M | (m) | $270.03M | (m) | $18.51M | (m) | (m) | 9.26% | 1.54× |
| 2010-10-02 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-07-03 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-01-02 | $40.32M | (m) | $43.13M | $2.80M | (m) | $225.56M | (m) | $-5.92M | (m) | (m) | 17.88% | -7.28× |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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