KADANT INC KAI
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 48282T104 · ISIN US48282T1043
US-based paper company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustrySpecial Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery)
- HeadquartersWestford, MA
- Founded1991
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($2.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 11.7m as of 2023-07-28, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $222.05. Options: 2 managers hold calls ($1.5m notional), 1 hold puts ($0).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 181 |
| Q4 2022 | 190 |
| Q1 2023 | 203 |
| Q2 2023 | 193 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 85 | 71 |
| Q1 2023 | 98 | 65 |
| Q2 2023 | 82 | 92 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $367.0k | $434.0k | 1.18 |
| Q4 2022 | $1.2m | $372.5k | 0.30 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.2m | $495.9k | 0.42 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.5m | $0 | 0.00 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital International Investors | Added | +106.0k |
| PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA | Added | +45.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +45.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +42.1k |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG | Added | +22.7k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +19.9k |
| AXA S.A. | New | +19.4k |
| Aberdeen Group plc | Added | +18.8k |
| MOUNTAIN PACIFIC INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC | Added | +15.5k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB | Added | +14.7k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -138.9k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -138.7k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO | Reduced | -46.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -35.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Reduced | -33.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -23.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ | Reduced | -20.9k |
| Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning | Reduced | -16.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -12.9k |
| STRS OHIO | Reduced | -12.9k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.5m6.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-03-07 | 15.1% |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution filed 2026-02-13 | 10.1% |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 13G · institution -1.4 pts · filed 2026-07-15 | 7.4% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.0% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 6 | $12.0m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $636.1k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $290.5k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $42.8k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.2m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $750.0k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-12 | Westerhout Fredrik H Vice President | Sold | $103.2k480 shares |
| 2023-06-07 | KRAUSE STACY D. SVP, GC and Secretary | Sold | $393.7k1.8k shares |
| 2023-05-16 | Mitchell Dara F Senior VP, Corp. Development | Sold | $253.0k1.3k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 1.77% of their portfolio | 1.3m $291.7m | Reduced -138.7k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 912.2k $202.6m | Added +42.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 885.6k $196.7m | Added +19.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 653.9k $145.2m | Added +5.8k |
| Capital International Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 612.4k $136.0m | Added +106.0k |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 564.9k $125.5m | Reduced -3.1k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.11% of their portfolio | 449.8k $99.9m | Added +5.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 372.6k $82.8m | Added +5.7k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.79% of their portfolio | 365.3k $81.1m | Added +6.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 360.4k $80.0m | Reduced -12.9k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.60% of their portfolio | 337.5k $75.0m | Reduced -46.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 257.0k $57.1m | Reduced -555 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 244.5k $54.3m | Added +7.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 236.6k $52.5m | Reduced -23.7k |
| RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC 0.65% of their portfolio | 232.3k $51.6m | Reduced -4.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 229.8k $51.0m | Reduced -35.2k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.07% of their portfolio | 202.7k $45.0m | Added +7.0k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.22% of their portfolio | 183.7k $40.8m | Added +14.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.3k $32.3m | Reduced -138.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.5k $31.4m | Reduced -33.4k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 131.3k $29.2m | Reduced -10.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.7k $25.7m | Added +6.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.7k $24.6m | Added +1.1k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 107.1k $23.8m | Added +18.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.4k $21.0m | Added +7.3k |
| PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 0.02% of their portfolio | 79.5k $17.7m | Added +45.7k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 66.9k $14.8m | Added +9.6k |
| Curi Capital, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 66.7k $14.8m | Added +2.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.8k $14.6m | Reduced -224 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.8k $14.0m | Reduced -644 |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.2k $13.1m | Added +3.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.1k $12.2m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.9k $12.2m | Reduced -366 |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.3k $11.6m | Added +13.2k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 51.8k $11.5m | Reduced -286 |
| Ziegler Capital Management, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 49.7k $11.0m | Reduced -11.1k |
| MOUNTAIN PACIFIC INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 0.72% of their portfolio | 48.8k $10.8m | Added +15.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.4k $10.3m | Added +45.3k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.18% of their portfolio | 46.1k $10.1m | Reduced -1.8k |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG 0.14% of their portfolio | 45.9k $10.2m | Added +22.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.3k $9.4m | Reduced -20.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.9k $9.1m | Added +2.4k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 40.0k $8.8m | Unchanged |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 39.3k $8.7m | Reduced -4.5k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 38.0k $8.4m | Added +2.6k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.08% of their portfolio | 37.1k $8.2m | Reduced -8.7k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 36.7k $8.2m | Added +117 |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.6k $7.9m | Reduced -1.9k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.8k $7.7m | Reduced -934 |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 0.43% of their portfolio | 33.6k $7.5m | Unchanged |
| Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning 1.47% of their portfolio | 33.5k $7.4m | Reduced -16.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.2k $6.9m | Added +449 |
| West Coast Financial LLC 0.96% of their portfolio | 30.6k $6.8m | Added +641 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 27.6k $6.1m | Added +14.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5k $6.1m | Reduced -533 |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.02% of their portfolio | 27.5k $6.1m | Added +892 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.4k $5.6m | Added +200 |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 25.2k $5.6m | Reduced -1.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.8k $5.3m | Added +12.0k |
| AXA S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.4k $4.3m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.1k $4.2m | Added +12.9k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.9k $4.2m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 17.8k $4.0m | Added +1.4k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.2k $3.8m | Added +2.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $3.8m | Added +61 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.6k $3.5m | Added +5.8k |
| GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. 0.19% of their portfolio | 15.3k $3.3m | Added +2.0k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 14.8k $3.3m | Reduced -161 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.2k $3.1m | Reduced -399 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.0k $3.1m | Reduced -5.8k |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.11% of their portfolio | 13.5k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.3k $3.0m | Added +2.3k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.9k $2.9m | Reduced -480 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.9k $2.7m | Unchanged |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.6k $2.8m | Added +1.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.5k $2.5m | Added +996 |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.2k $2.5m | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.4k $2.3m | Added +4.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.5k $2.1m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.6k $1.9m | Added +1.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.5k $1.9m | Reduced -5.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.0k $1.8m | Added +150 |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 7.6k $1.7m | Reduced -478 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.2k $1.6m | Added +2.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9k $1.5m | Reduced -758 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.9k $1.5m | Added +2.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.8k $1.5m | Reduced -1.0k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.8k $1.5m | Reduced -132 |
| DUDLEY & SHANLEY, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 6.7k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 6.6k $1.5m | Reduced -500 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.2k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.9k $1.3m | Added +5.2k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.6k $1.3m | Added +29 |
| Zhang Financial LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 5.5k $1.2m | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.4k $1.2m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9k $1.1m | Reduced -1.8k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.8k $1.1m | New |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.8k $1.1m | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7k $1.0m | Added +61 |