secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KADANT INC (KAI)
CIK:        0000886346
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000886346-26-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kadant Q1 record bookings of $321M (+25% YoY); adj. EPS $2.84 (+14%)
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- Revenue $282M (+18% YoY); gross margin 45.0% (-110 bps).
- GAAP EPS $2.16 (+6%); adjusted EPS $2.84 (+14%).
- Bookings record $321M (+25%); backlog $326M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $57M (20.2% of revenue, +19% YoY).
- Operating cash flow $22M (-4%); strong demand across segments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634626000037/0000886346-26-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634626000037/kai-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-26-000037

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