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Issuer:     KADANT INC (KAI)
CIK:        0000886346
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000886346-25-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kadant Q4 revenue +8% to $258M; GAAP EPS $2.04 (-12%); adj EPS $2.25 (-7%)
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- FY2024 revenue record $1.05B (+10%); GAAP EPS $9.48 (-4%); adj EPS record $10.28 (+2%)
- Adjusted EBITDA record $230M (+14%), margin 21.8%; operating cash flow -6% to $155M
- Q4 bookings +10% to $241M; FY bookings record $981M (+7%)
- Net income decreased 12% in Q4 to $24M; gross margin 43.4%

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634625000003/0000886346-25-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634625000003/kai-20250212.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-25-000003

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