secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KADANT INC (KAI)
CIK:        0000886346
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000886346-21-000150
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kadant Q3 records: bookings $245M (+71%), revenue $200M (+29%), EPS $1.75
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- Bookings rose 71% YoY to a record $245M; backlog hit record $299M.
- Revenue up 29% to a record $200M; GAAP diluted EPS $1.75 (+37%).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.97 (+50%); adjusted EBITDA $41M (20.5% of rev).
- Operating cash flow $38M (+56% YoY); free cash flow $35M (+53%).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634621000150/0000886346-21-000150-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634621000150/kai-20211102.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-21-000150

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