Kadant Inc dividend history

Kadant Inc's dividend was $1.36 a share in fiscal 2025, up 6.3% on the year before. That was 15.5% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2013, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

Dividends (TTM): $16.3M
Diluted share count: +0.2%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 0.5%; dividends 0.5% + buybacks 0.0% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 15%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 1.4%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 27.9%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 53 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Kadant Inc: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Jan 2011	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Jan 2015	2015Jan 2016	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Jan 2021	2021Jan 2022	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Jan 2026	LTMJul 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	—	$0.500	$0.600	$0.680	$0.760	$0.840	$0.880	$0.920	$0.960	$1.00	$1.04	$1.16	$1.28	$1.36	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0%	+13.3%	+11.8%	+10.5%	+4.8%	+4.5%	+4.3%	+4.2%	+4.0%	+11.5%	+10.3%	+6.3%	—
Dividends paid	—	—	0	0	4	6	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	15	16	16
Share buybacks	4	4	16	14	5	15	10	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	17.9%	22.1%	20.9%	25.1%	29.0%	16.0%	19.6%	19.8%	13.6%	9.9%	11.4%	13.1%	15.5%	14.8%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Kadant Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Kadant Inc.