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TEAM-0.32% 13F +439META+2.47% 13F +2,694RCG-2.04% CLUSTERUTHR-4.03% 13F +425CRWV+4.49% 13F +693CRM+2.92% 13F +1,018CVNA-0.98% 13F +794TPL-0.71% 13F +444NET-4.47% 13F +710MSTR-1.35% 13F +526DELL+4.91% 13F +1,203CRWD+5.68% 13F +1,382ANET+1.22% 13F +1,323COIN+10.14% 13F +475TEAM-0.32% 13F +439META+2.47% 13F +2,694RCG-2.04% CLUSTERUTHR-4.03% 13F +425CRWV+4.49% 13F +693CRM+2.92% 13F +1,018CVNA-0.98% 13F +794TPL-0.71% 13F +444NET-4.47% 13F +710MSTR-1.35% 13F +526DELL+4.91% 13F +1,203CRWD+5.68% 13F +1,382ANET+1.22% 13F +1,323COIN+10.14% 13F +475

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Name: KADANT INC (KAI) insider trading and ownership data
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KADANT INC

INDUSTRIALS · SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY (NO METALWORKING MACHINERY) · CIK 0000886346

SEC FILINGS☆ WATCH

INSIDER NET · 180D

-$860.9K

open-market buys minus sells, Form 4 codes P and S

INSIDER BUYERS · 180D

CONGRESS BUYERS · 1Y

FUNDS ADDED · QTR

154

13F, latest reported quarter

REVENUE GROWTH

-0.1%

XBRL, annual

NET MARGIN

9.7%

CONVERSIONS · 180D

codes C/M, not in net · no price filed

SEVEN FACTS, RANKED AGAINST THE SECTOR · RANK IS NOT A FORECAST

INSIDERS

net -$860.9K over 180 days

more than 52% of Industrials

CONGRESS

no member of Congress has reported trading it

FUNDS

154 funds added or opened last quarter

more than 54% of Industrials

REVENUE

-0.1% year over year

below 71% of Industrials

MARGIN

9.7% net margin

more than 76% of Industrials

BUYBACKS

no share repurchases reported

SHORT

9.1% of shares outstanding short · 8.9 days to cover · settled 2026-07-31

more than 89% of Industrials

THE SITUATION · EVERY LINE IS ONE RULE OVER ONE DATASET

154 funds added or opened positions in the latest 13F quarter, of 327 holders.

The year, with the filings on it

Total return indexed to 100 over the last 12 months · every marker is a federal filing, placed at its date — hover any marker for the detail

TOTAL 12M RETURN -6.7%

-6.7%12M

INSIDER SELL

INDEXED RETURN, DIVIDEND-ADJUSTED — NOT A PRICE CHART · LARGE TRADES DRAWN FIRST WHEN A NAME FILES HEAVILY

Live price

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WHY THIS NAME IS ON THE DESK

The complete filing record, in one place.

The record shows a net $860.9K sold by insiders over 180 days, 154 funds added last quarter. Every figure is a federal filing, dated the day it became public.

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Same sector, ranked by filing activity

Sector from the SEC's own SIC classification

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Insider transactions

Form 4 purchases and sales (codes P and S) — grants, option exercises and preferred conversions excluded

Over the last 180 days, KADANT INC insiders sold a net $860.9K of stock across 168 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 0 insider(s) buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-09-05.

INSIDER

FILED

VALUE

KRAUSE STACY D.

SVP, GC and Secretary

SELL

2026-05-27

1,227.0

$410.0K

Blanchard Thomas Andrew

Vice President

SELL

2026-05-18

1,400.0

$450.9K

Russell Erin L

Director

SELL

2025-11-25

1,435.0

$405.2K

O'Mara Rebecca Martinez

Director

SELL

2025-11-11

357.0

$95.4K

O'Mara Rebecca Martinez

Director

SELL

2025-11-11

342.0

$91.1K

168 TRANSACTIONS ON RECORD

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Institutional holders

13F · holdings as of the latest quarter funds have reported

BlackRock, Inc.

1,798,699.0 sh

$565.2M

KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

1,075,244.0 sh

$337.9M

WASATCH ADVISORS LP

868,696.0 sh

$273.0M

VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

710,867.0 sh

$223.4M

VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

532,346.0 sh

$167.3M

SCHEDULE 13D/G

No 5%+ ownership filings

Nobody has crossed 5% with a filing obligation. Absence is a fact here, not missing data.

FORM 144

No planned-sale notices

No insider has notified an intent to sell. This is the panel to watch after a run-up.

Fund concentration

N-PORT · funds ranked by how much of THEMSELVES they put in this stock — the conviction number 13F cannot show

Wasatch Long/Short Alpha Fund

$1.6M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

4.5%

GRANDEUR PEAK US STALWARTS FUND

$644.6K POSITION · AS OF 2026-04-30

3.6%

Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core Fund

$58.4M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

3.2%

Wasatch Core Growth Fund

$89.1M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

3.0%

Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund

$39.1M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

3.0%

GMO Small Cap Quality Fund

$19.3M POSITION · AS OF 2026-02-28

2.8%

SEC N-PORT, MONTHLY WITH A ~60-DAY PUBLIC LAG · FUNDS ≥ $10M · % = SHARE OF THE FUND'S OWN BOOK

Executive pay vs shareholder return · Jeffrey L. Powell

DEF 14A pay-versus-performance disclosure · both the headline pay and the SEC's mark-to-market figure, beside the return the company delivered and the return of the peer group it chose itself

CEO TOTAL

ACTUALLY PAID

OTHER NEOs AVG

TSR

PEER TSR

2024

$6.1M

$8.0M

$1.7M

+150%

+53%

2023

$6.0M

$8.9M

$1.6M

—

2022

$4.9M

$3.3M

$1.4M

—

2021

$5.9M

$9.0M

$1.7M

—

2020

$3.7M

$4.9M

$1.1M

+35%

+16%

TAGGED BY THE COMPANY UNDER SEC ITEM 402(v) · RETURN IS CUMULATIVE FROM THE START OF THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD · GREEN WHERE THE COMPANY BEAT ITS OWN PEER GROUP

Fundamentals

Annual figures from XBRL filings · pick a past date to see them exactly as the market knew them then — restatements and all

	2026-01	2024-12	2023-12	2022-12
REVENUE	$1.1B	$1.1B	$957.7M	$904.7M
OPERATING INCOME	$157.3M	$171.3M	$165.8M	$171.3M
NET INCOME	$102.0M	$111.6M	$116.1M	$120.9M
EPS (DILUTED)	8.65	9.48	9.90	10.35
OPERATING CASH FLOW	$171.3M	$155.3M	$165.5M	$102.6M
CASH	$119.6M	$94.7M	$103.8M	$76.4M
LONG-TERM DEBT	$372.7M	$286.5M	$109.1M	$199.2M
DIVIDENDS PAID	$15.8M	$14.7M	$13.2M	$12.0M

SEC XBRL · FISCAL-YEAR PERIODS · AS KNOWN ON 2026-09-05 · NOBODY ELSE SHOWS FUNDAMENTALS AS OF A PAST DATE