---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000886346-24-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAI"
cik: "0000886346"
company_name: "KADANT INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:54:43.257689+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kadant reports record FY revenue $958M (+6%), adjusted EPS $10.04 (+9%), cash flow record $166M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $239M (+3%), GAAP EPS $2.33 (+4%), adjusted EPS $2.41 (+3%).
- FY revenue record $958M (+6%); adjusted EPS record $10.04 (+9%); bookings $917M (-4%).
- FY operating cash flow record $166M (+61%); free cash flow $134M (+80%).
- Q4 bookings $218M (+1%); backlog $310M.
- GAAP net income FY $116M (-4%) due to prior-year gain on facility sale.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000886346-24-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAI
- cik: 0000886346
- company_name: KADANT INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634624000022/0000886346-24-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634624000022/kai-20240214.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-24-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-24-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-24-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KADANT INC reported financial results for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 30, 2023.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter and year ended December 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 14, 2024, Kadant Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634624000022/0000886346-24-000022-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.