WESTFORD, Mass., July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2025.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

  • Bookings increased 7% to $269 million
  • Revenue decreased 7% to $255 million
  • Gross margin increased 150 basis points to 45.9%
  • Net income decreased 16% to $26 million
  • GAAP EPS decreased 17% to $2.22
  • Adjusted EPS decreased 18% to $2.31
  • Adjusted EBITDA decreased 15% to $52 million and represented 20.5% of revenue
  • Operating cash flow increased 44% to $40 million
  • Free cash flow increased 58% to $37 million
  • Ending backlog was $299 million

Note: Percent changes above are based on comparison to the prior year period. All references to earnings per share (EPS) are to our EPS as calculated on a diluted basis. Adjusted EPS, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, free cash flow, and changes in organic revenue are non-GAAP financial measures that exclude certain items as detailed later in this press release under the heading “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Management Commentary
“We had strong cash flow and a solid improvement in our capital equipment bookings in the second quarter," said Jeffrey L. Powell, president and chief executive officer of Kadant Inc. “Our strong bookings, particularly notable in the current environment of evolving trade policies, demonstrate our customers' preference for Kadant equipment and technologies to help drive sustainable value in their operations.”

Second Quarter 2025 Compared to 2024
Revenue decreased seven percent to $255.3 million compared to $274.8 million in 2024. Organic revenue decreased eight percent, which excludes a one percent increase from the favorable effect of foreign currency translation. Gross margin was 45.9 percent compared to 44.4 percent in 2024.

Net income was $26.2 million, decreasing 16 percent compared to $31.3 million in 2024. GAAP EPS decreased 17 percent to $2.22 compared to $2.66 in 2024, while adjusted EPS decreased 18 percent to $2.31 compared to $2.81 in 2024. Adjusted EPS excludes acquisition-related costs of $0.09 in 2025 and $0.15 in 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA decreased 15 percent to $52.4 million and represented 20.5 percent of revenue compared to $61.8 million and 22.5 percent of revenue in 2024. Operating cash flow increased 44 percent to $40.5 million compared to $28.1 million in 2024. Free cash flow increased 58 percent to $36.5 million compared to $23.1 million in 2024.

Bookings increased seven percent to $269.4 million compared to $251.7 million in 2024. Organic bookings increased six percent, which excludes a one percent increase from the favorable effect of foreign currency translation.

Summary and Outlook
"We have a healthy backlog and expect stronger bookings in the second half of 2025,” continued Mr. Powell. “Capital project activity remains high and stable demand for our aftermarket parts is expected to continue. We are maintaining our revenue and adjusted EPS guidance for the full year and expect revenue of $1.020 to $1.040 billion and adjusted EPS of $9.05 to $9.25. The 2025 adjusted EPS guidance excludes $0.16 of acquisition-related costs, revised from $0.08 of acquisition-related costs in our previous guidance. We expect GAAP EPS of $8.89 to $9.09, revised from our previous GAAP EPS guidance of $8.97 to $9.17. For the third quarter of 2025, we expect revenue of $256 to $263 million, GAAP EPS of $2.12 to $2.22 and, after excluding $0.01 of acquisition-related costs, adjusted EPS of $2.13 to $2.23.”

Conference Call
Kadant will hold a webcast with a slide presentation for investors on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its second quarter financial performance, as well as future expectations. To listen to the call live and view the webcast, go to the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at kadant.com. Participants interested in joining the call’s live question and answer session are required to register by clicking here or selecting the Q&A link on our website to receive a dial-in number and unique PIN. It is recommended that you join the call 10 minutes prior to the start of the event. A replay of the webcast presentation will be available on our website through August 29, 2025.

Prior to the call, our earnings release and the slides used in the webcast presentation will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available at sec.gov. After the webcast, Kadant will post its updated general investor presentation incorporating the second quarter results on its website at kadant.com under the “Investors” section.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including increases or decreases in revenue excluding the effect of acquisitions and foreign currency translation (organic revenue), adjusted operating income, adjusted net income, adjusted EPS, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, and free cash flow.

We use organic revenue to understand our trends and to forecast and evaluate our financial performance and compare revenue to prior periods. Organic revenue excludes revenue from acquisitions for the four quarterly reporting periods following the date of the acquisition and the effect of foreign currency translation. Revenue in the second quarter of 2025 included $0.8 million from acquisitions and a favorable foreign currency translation effect of $2.1 million compared to the second quarter of 2024. Revenue in the first six months of 2025 included $8.8 million from acquisitions and an unfavorable foreign currency translation effect of $3.7 million compared to the first six months of 2024. Our other non-GAAP financial measures exclude amortization expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog, acquisition costs, and other income or expense, as indicated. Collectively, these items are excluded as they are not indicative of our core operating results and are not comparable to other periods, which have differing levels of incremental costs, expenditures or income, or none at all. Additionally, we use free cash flow in order to provide insight on our ability to generate cash for acquisitions and debt repayments, as well as for other investing and financing activities.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our core business, operating results, or future outlook. We believe that the inclusion of such measures helps investors gain an understanding of our underlying operating performance and future prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts our performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts and to the performance of our competitors. Such measures are also used by us in our financial and operating decision-making and for compensation purposes. We also believe this information is responsive to investors' requests and gives them additional measures of our performance.

The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for the results of operations or cash flows prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release have limitations associated with their use as compared to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, in that they may be different from, and therefore not comparable to, similar measures used by other companies.

Second Quarter

Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude:

  • Pre-tax amortization of acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.2 million in 2025 and $1.2 million in 2024.
  • Pre-tax acquisition costs of $0.9 million in both 2025 and 2024.
  • Pre-tax indemnification asset provision of $0.1 million in 2024.

Adjusted net income and adjusted EPS exclude:

  • After-tax amortization of acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.2 million in 2025 and $0.9 million ($1.2 million net of tax of $0.3 million) in 2024.
  • After-tax acquisition costs of $0.9 million in 2025 and $0.8 million ($0.9 million net of tax of $0.1 million) in 2024.

Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow less:

  • Capital expenditures of $4.0 million in 2025 and $5.0 million in 2024.


First Six Months

Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude:

  • Pre-tax amortization of acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.6 million in 2025 and $4.4 million in 2024.
  • Pre-tax acquisition costs of $1.2 million in 2025 and $2.1 million in 2024.

Adjusted net income and adjusted EPS exclude:

  • After-tax amortization of acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.5 million ($0.6 million net of tax of $0.1 million) in 2025 and $3.3 million ($4.4 million net of tax of $1.1 million) in 2024.
  • After-tax acquisition costs of $1.2 million in 2025 and $1.7 million ($2.1 million net of tax of $0.4 million) in 2024.

Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow less:

  • Capital expenditures of $7.8 million in 2025 and $11.2 million in 2024.

Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in this press release.

 
Financial Highlights (unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
           
    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
Consolidated Statement of Income June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024
Revenue $255,267  $274,765  $494,477  $523,740 
Costs and Operating Expenses:        
 Cost of revenue 138,225   152,878   267,105   290,891 
 Selling, general, and administrative expenses 73,941   70,004   145,162   140,309 
 Research and development expenses 3,724   3,482   7,247   7,212 
    215,890   226,364   419,514   438,412 
Operating Income  39,377   48,401   74,963   85,328 
Interest Income  439   368   956   979 
Interest Expense  (3,338)  (5,201)  (7,160)  (9,870)
Other Expense, Net  (17)  (2)  (33)  (32)
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes  36,461   43,566   68,726   76,405 
Provision for Income Taxes  9,822   11,992   17,650   19,846 
Net Income  26,639   31,574   51,076   56,559 
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests  (480)  (283)  (854)  (579)
Net Income Attributable to Kadant $26,159  $31,291  $50,222  $55,980 
           
Earnings per Share Attributable to Kadant:        
  Basic $2.22  $2.66  $4.27  $4.77 
  Diluted $2.22  $2.66  $4.26  $4.76 
           
Weighted Average Shares:        
  Basic  11,776   11,743   11,768   11,734 
  Diluted  11,793   11,766   11,784   11,755 


   Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a)June 28,
2025		 June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 June 29,
2024
Net Income and Diluted EPS Attributable to Kadant, as Reported$26,159  $2.22  $31,291  $2.66 
Adjustments, Net of Tax:        
 Acquired Profit in Inventory and Backlog Amortization  170   0.01   929   0.08 
 Acquisition Costs  903   0.08   798   0.07 
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a)$27,232  $2.31  $33,018  $2.81 
          
   Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
 June 28,
2025		 June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 June 29,
2024
Net Income and Diluted EPS Attributable to Kadant, as Reported$50,222  $4.26  $55,980  $4.76 
Adjustments, Net of Tax:        
 Acquired Profit in Inventory and Backlog Amortization  466   0.04   3,298   0.28 
 Acquisition Costs  1,218   0.10   1,728   0.15 
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (a)$51,906  $4.40  $61,006  $5.19 


  Three Months Ended    Increase
(Decrease)
Excluding		 
Revenue by Segment June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 Increase
(Decrease)		  Acquisitions
and FX (a,b)		 
Flow Control $95,947  $92,290  $3,657  $2,168 
Industrial Processing  95,937   114,753   (18,816)  (19,271)
Material Handling  63,383   67,722   (4,339)  (5,327)
  $255,267  $274,765  $(19,498) $(22,430)
         
Percentage of Parts and Consumables Revenue  71%  63%    
         
  Six Months Ended Increase
(Decrease)
  Increase
(Decrease)
Excluding
 
  June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		   Acquisitions
and FX (a,b)		 
Flow Control $188,388  $178,972  $9,416  $2,948 
Industrial Processing  185,461   220,614   (35,153)  (32,775)
Material Handling  120,628   124,154   (3,526)  (4,608)
  $494,477  $523,740  $(29,263) $(34,435)
         
Percentage of Parts and Consumables Revenue  73%  66%    
         
  Three Months Ended Increase
(Decrease)
  Increase
(Decrease)
Excluding
 
Bookings by Segment June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		   Acquisitions
and FX (b)		 
Flow Control $93,055  $94,098  $(1,043) $(2,191)
Industrial Processing  105,374   96,714   8,660   8,575 
Material Handling  70,946   60,910   10,036   8,842 
  $269,375  $251,722  $17,653  $15,226 
         
Percentage of Parts and Consumables Bookings  67%  71%    
         
  Six Months Ended Increase
  Increase
(Decrease)
Excluding
 
  June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		   Acquisitions
and FX (b)		 
Flow Control $193,042  $188,768  $4,274  $(3,121)
Industrial Processing  197,740   186,591   11,149   14,074 
Material Handling  134,811   124,793   10,018   8,307 
  $525,593  $500,152  $25,441  $19,260 
         
Percentage of Parts and Consumables Bookings  70%  70%    


    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
Additional Segment Information June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024
Gross Margin:        
  Flow Control  53.8%  53.0%  53.6%  53.4%
  Industrial Processing  42.6%  41.3%  43.3%  41.5%
  Material Handling  38.7%  37.8%  38.2%  36.8%
  Consolidated  45.9%  44.4%  46.0%  44.5%
         
Operating Income:        
  Flow Control $24,443  $23,530  $47,195  $45,240 
  Industrial Processing  15,486   24,092   32,318   44,091 
  Material Handling  9,939   11,188   17,474   16,729 
  Corporate  (10,491)  (10,409)  (22,024)  (20,732)
    $39,377  $48,401  $74,963  $85,328 
           
Adjusted Operating Income (a,c):        
  Flow Control $24,682  $24,563  $47,834  $46,475 
  Industrial Processing  16,358   24,443   33,324   46,237 
  Material Handling  9,962   11,902   17,661   19,790 
  Corporate  (10,491)  (10,409)  (22,024)  (20,732)
    $40,511  $50,499  $76,795  $91,770 
           
Capital Expenditures:        
  Flow Control $1,380  $1,961  $2,889  $3,835 
  Industrial Processing  1,595   1,851   2,920   4,734 
  Material Handling  993   1,157   1,992   2,663 
  Corporate  —   5   3   13 
    $3,968  $4,974  $7,804  $11,245 
           
    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
Cash Flow and Other Data June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024
Operating Cash Flow $40,482  $28,066  $63,317  $50,897 
Capital Expenditures  (3,968)  (4,974)  (7,804)  (11,245)
Free Cash Flow (a) $36,514  $23,092  $55,513  $39,652 
           
Depreciation and Amortization Expense $12,069  $11,991  $24,082  $23,730 


Balance Sheet Data June 28,
2025		 December 28,
2024
Assets    
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash $97,188  $95,946 
Accounts Receivable, Net  152,574   142,462 
Inventories  168,588   146,092 
Contract Assets  11,105   18,408 
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net  174,724   170,331 
Intangible Assets  272,973   279,494 
Goodwill  497,824   479,169 
Other Assets  109,538   98,443 
   $1,484,514  $1,430,345 
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity    
Accounts Payable $52,541  $51,062 
Debt Obligations  247,219   286,504 
Other Borrowings  1,704   2,023 
Other Liabilities  245,757   232,628 
 Total Liabilities  547,221   572,217 
 Stockholders' Equity  937,293   858,128 
   $1,484,514  $1,430,345 


  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation (a) June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024		 June 28,
2025		 June 29,
2024
Consolidated        
  Net Income Attributable to Kadant $26,159  $31,291  $50,222  $55,980 
  Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests  480   283   854   579 
  Provision for Income Taxes  9,822   11,992   17,650   19,846 
  Interest Expense, Net  2,899   4,833   6,204   8,891 
  Other Expense, Net  17   2   33   32 
  Operating Income  39,377   48,401   74,963   85,328 
  Acquired Profit in Inventory Amortization (d)  24   529   35   2,860 
  Acquired Backlog Amortization (e)  202   695   581   1,494 
  Acquisition Costs  908   940   1,245   2,064 
  Indemnification Asset (Provision) Reversal (f) —   (66)  (29)  24 
  Adjusted Operating Income (a)  40,511   50,499   76,795   91,770 
  Depreciation and Amortization  11,867   11,296   23,501   22,236 
  Adjusted EBITDA (a) $52,378  $61,795  $100,296  $114,006 
  Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,g)  20.5%  22.5%  20.3%  21.8%
           
Flow Control        
  Operating Income $24,443  $23,530  $47,195  $45,240 
  Acquired Profit in Inventory Amortization (d)  24   235   35   235 
  Acquired Backlog Amortization (e)  184   253   463   253 
  Acquisition Costs  31   566   39   566 
  Indemnification Asset (Provision) Reversal (f) —   (21)  102   181 
  Adjusted Operating Income (a)  24,682   24,563   47,834   46,475 
  Depreciation and Amortization  3,081   2,359   6,093   4,580 
  Adjusted EBITDA (a) $27,763  $26,922  $53,927  $51,055 
  Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,g)  28.9%  29.2%  28.6%  28.5%
           
Industrial Processing        
  Operating Income $15,486  $24,092  $32,318  $44,091 
  Acquired Profit in Inventory Amortization (d)  —   294   —   1,585 
  Acquisition Costs  872   89   1,212   688 
  Indemnification Asset Provision (f)  —   (32)  (206)  (127)
  Adjusted Operating Income (a)  16,358   24,443   33,324   46,237 
  Depreciation and Amortization  4,904   5,095   9,629   10,254 
  Adjusted EBITDA (a) $21,262  $29,538  $42,953  $56,491 
  Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,g)  22.2%  25.7%  23.2%  25.6%
           
Material Handling        
  Operating Income $9,939  $11,188  $17,474  $16,729 
  Acquired Profit in Inventory Amortization (d)  —   —   —   1,040 
  Acquired Backlog Amortization (e)  18   442   118   1,241 
  Acquisition Costs  5   285   (6)  810 
  Indemnification Asset (Provision) Reversal (f) —   (13)  75   (30)
  Adjusted Operating Income (a)  9,962   11,902   17,661   19,790 
  Depreciation and Amortization  3,870   3,830   7,756   7,378 
  Adjusted EBITDA (a) $13,832  $15,732  $25,417  $27,168 
  Adjusted EBITDA Margin (a,g)  21.8%  23.2%  21.1%  21.9%
           
Corporate        
  Operating Loss $(10,491) $(10,409)  (22,024) $(20,732)
  Depreciation and Amortization  12   12   23   24 
  EBITDA (a) $(10,479) $(10,397) $(22,001) $(20,708)
           
(a) Represents a non-GAAP financial measure.
           
(b) Represents the increase (decrease) resulting from the exclusion of acquisitions and from the conversion of current period amounts reported in local currencies into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of the prior period compared to the U.S. dollar amount reported in the prior period.
           
(c) See reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure under "Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation.”
           
(d) Represents amortization expense within cost of revenue associated with acquired profit in inventory.
           
(e) Represents intangible amortization expense associated with acquired backlog.
           
(f) Represents the provision for or reversal of indemnification assets related to the establishment or release of tax reserves associated with uncertain tax positions.
           
(g) Calculated as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue in each period.
           

About Kadant
Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of technologies and engineered systems that drive Sustainable Industrial Processing®. The Company’s products and services play an integral role in enhancing efficiency, optimizing energy utilization, and maximizing productivity in process industries. Kadant is based in Westford, Massachusetts, with approximately 3,500 employees in 20 countries worldwide. For more information, visit kadant.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
The following constitutes a “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements about our future financial and operating performance, demand for our products, and economic and industry outlook. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in Kadant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These include risks and uncertainties relating to adverse changes in global and local economic conditions; the variability and difficulty in accurately predicting revenues from large capital equipment and systems projects; our acquisition strategy; levels of residential construction activity; reductions by our wood processing customers of their capital spending or production of oriented strand board; changes to the global timber supply; development and use of digital media; cyclical economic conditions affecting the global mining industry; demand for coal, including economic and environmental risks associated with coal; failure of our information systems or breaches of data security and cybersecurity incidents; implementation of our internal growth strategy; competition; our ability to successfully manage our manufacturing operations; supply chain constraints, inflationary pressure, price increases or shortages in raw materials; loss of key personnel and effective succession planning; future restructurings; protection of intellectual property; changes to tax laws and regulations; climate change; adequacy of our insurance coverage; global operations; policies of the Chinese government; the variability and uncertainties in sales of capital equipment in China; currency fluctuations; changes to government regulations and policies around the world; compliance with government regulations and policies and compliance with laws; environmental laws and regulations; environmental, health and safety laws and regulations impacting the mining industry; our debt obligations; restrictions in our credit agreement and note purchase agreement; soundness of financial institutions; fluctuations in our share price; and anti-takeover provisions.

Contacts
Investor Contact Information:
Michael McKenney, 978-776-2000
IR@kadant.com 

Media Contact Information:
Wes Martz, 269-278-1715
media@kadant.com 


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