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Kadant (Kadant) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.58 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kadant Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kadant's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.2 Mil. Kadant's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $107.7 Mil. Kadant's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $192.3 Mil. Kadant's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.58.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KAI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 1.35   Max: 3
Current: 0.55

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kadant was 3.00. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 1.35.

KAI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
72.92% of 2301 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs KAI: 0.55

Kadant Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Kadant Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kadant Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.64 2.08 1.78 0.97 0.55

Kadant Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.05 0.93 0.76 0.62 0.58

Competitive Comparison of Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Kadant Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kadant's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.209 + 107.666) / 200.711
=0.55

Kadant's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.209 + 107.666) / 192.268
=0.58

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Kadant  (NYSE:KAI) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Kadant Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Kadant (Kadant) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Technology Park Drive, Westford, MA, USA, 01886
Kadant Inc. supplies process and engineering equipment for papermaking, recycling, lumber manufacturing, and related industries. The company's three reportable segments are: Flow Control segment which consists of the fluid-handling and doctoring, cleaning, & filtration product lines; Industrial Processing segment which consists of the wood processing and stock-preparation product lines; and Material handling systems, which provides conveyor-belt equipment for industries such as mining, food processing, and packaging. The company has a global presence with sizable revenue from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Canada.
Executives
Thomas Andrew Blanchard officer: Vice President KADANT INC., 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Michael C. Colwell officer: Vice President KADANT INC., 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Erin L Russell director 245 PARK AVENUE, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10167
John M Albertine director 100 FEDERAL DRIVE, FREDERICKSBURG VA 22405
Dara F Mitchell officer: Senior VP, Corp. Development 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Peter J. Flynn officer: Vice President KADANT INC., 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Fredrik H Westerhout officer: Vice President KADANT INC., 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Stacy D. Krause officer: VP, General Counsel, Secretary KADANT INC., 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Michael J Mckenney officer: VICE PRESIDENT ONE ACTON PLACE STE.200, ACTON MA 01720
William P Tully director 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Rebecca Martinez O'mara director KADANT INC., 1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Thomas C Leonard director KADANT INC., 1 TECHONOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Eric T Langevin officer: Vice President KADANT INC., ONE ACTON PLACE, SUITE 202, ACTON MA 01720
Jeffrey L Powell officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 1 WALNUT STREET, ACTON MA 01720
Jonathan W Painter officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ONE ACTO PLACE, SUITE 202, ACTON MA 01720

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