Institutional shares held 13.3 Million
1.6K calls
700 puts
Total value of holdings $4.31B
$520K calls
$227K puts
Market Cap $3.79B
11,662,000 Shares Out.
Institutional ownership 113.62%
# of Institutions 336


Latest Institutional Activity in KAI

Top Purchases

Q2 2025
Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC Shares Held: 174 ($56.6K)
Q1 2025
State Street Corp Shares Held: 444K ($144M)
Q1 2025
Morgan Stanley Shares Held: 319K ($104M)
Q1 2025
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC Shares Held: 161K ($52.3M)
Q1 2025
Vanguard Group Inc Shares Held: 1.33M ($433M)

Top Sells

Q1 2025
Neuberger Berman Group LLC Shares Held: 555K ($181M)
Q1 2025
Wasatch Advisors Inc Shares Held: 950K ($309M)
Q1 2025
Capital International Investors Shares Held: 552K ($180M)
Q1 2025
Gamma Investing LLC Shares Held: 242 ($78.7K)
Q1 2025
Brown Advisory Inc Shares Held: 186K ($60.4M)

About KAI

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables, consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, shower and fabric-conditioning systems, formation systems, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, logging machinery, industrial automation and control systems, recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuel industries. The Material Handling segment offers conveying and vibratory equipment, and balers and related equipment; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in as carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.


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Last 12 Months Summary

Buy / Acquisition
28.7K Shares
From 14 Insiders
Exercise of conversion of derivative security 28.7K shares
Sell / Disposition
47.8K Shares
From 19 Insiders
Open market or private sale 35.8K shares
Payment of exercise price or tax liability 12K shares

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