Kadant Ownership | Who Owns Kadant?

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Kadant Ownership Summary

Kadant is owned by 111.44% institutional investors, 0.86% insiders. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.78% of KAI shares. American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund, with 6.80% of its assets in Kadant shares.

KAI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Kadant	111.44%	0.86%	-12.30%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	46.77%	12.62%	40.60%
Industry	Industrial Machinery Stocks	54.58%	8.80%	36.63%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.74M	14.78%	$517.74M
Vanguard group	1.32M	11.21%	$392.58M
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	1.28M	10.86%	$380.33M
Blackrock	956.67K	8.15%	$281.05M
Wasatch advisors lp	884.60K	7.52%	$263.24M
Capital investors	477.55K	4.06%	$142.11M
State street	441.27K	3.75%	$131.31M
Neuberger berman group	427.35K	3.63%	$127.17M
Morgan stanley	320.45K	2.72%	$95.36M
Capital world investors	316.21K	2.69%	$94.10M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Dudley & shanley	55.17K	2.64%	$16.42M
Wasatch advisors lp	884.60K	1.42%	$263.24M
Clean yield group	13.59K	1.14%	$4.04M
Qsv equity investors	3.64K	1.11%	$1.08M
Riverbridge partners	198.38K	1.00%	$59.03M
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	1.28M	0.93%	$380.33M
Conestoga capital advisors	168.70K	0.81%	$50.20M
Grandeur peak global advisors	19.18K	0.77%	$5.71M
Advantage alpha capital partners lp	7.54K	0.68%	$2.24M
Champlain investment partners	247.92K	0.56%	$73.78M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	134.87K	0.01%	134.87K
T. rowe price investment management	73.17K	0.01%	73.17K
Jpmorgan chase	99.70K	0.00%	58.38K
Amundi	55.04K	0.01%	34.17K
Geode capital management	312.20K	0.01%	33.19K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
C2p capital advisory group, llc d.b.a. prosperity capital advisors	-	-	-561.16K
Wasatch advisors lp	884.60K	1.42%	-99.60K
Chevy chase trust	226.80K	0.19%	-85.45K
Neuberger berman group	427.35K	0.09%	-64.86K
Ameriprise financial	36.58K	0.00%	-61.65K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	134.87K	0.01%	134.87K	$46.53M
T. rowe price investment management	73.17K	0.01%	73.17K	$21.77M
Natixis	29.00K	0.04%	29.00K	$8.63M
Axa investment managers	18.06K	0.01%	18.06K	$5.37M
Kornitzer capital management inc /ks	14.54K	0.09%	14.54K	$4.33M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
First pacific financial	-1.00
Fairscale capital	-1.00
Tfc financial management	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-1.00
Assetmark	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	303	-1.94%	13,114,119	-1.11%	111	0.88%	123	-24.07%	120	14.29%
Jun 30, 2025	315	0.96%	13,791,186	-0.82%	117	0.84%	164	3.14%	107	3.88%
Mar 31, 2025	6	-97.97%	45,161	-99.66%	-	0.00%	2	-98.37%	3	-97.41%
Dec 31, 2024	280	-2.10%	13,113,644	2.48%	111	0.94%	115	-14.18%	113	25.56%
Sep 30, 2024	280	7.69%	12,760,202	1.10%	108	0.94%	130	-6.47%	88	23.94%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds SMALLCAP World A	800.35K	6.80%	-45.14K
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	700.27K	5.95%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	370.01K	3.15%	352.00
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	369.67K	3.14%	-7.74K
Wasatch Core Growth	343.46K	2.92%	-13.38K
Neuberger Berman Genesis Inv	303.65K	2.58%	-54.87K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	285.89K	2.43%	-1.85K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	284.25K	2.41%	-
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core I	238.70K	2.03%	-6.99K
Delaware Small Cap Core I	231.64K	1.97%	-1.44K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 25, 2025	Russell Erin L	-	Sell	$405.18K
Nov 11, 2025	O'Mara Rebecca Martinez	-	Sell	$95.42K
Nov 11, 2025	O'Mara Rebecca Martinez	-	Sell	$91.15K
Aug 27, 2025	LEONARD THOMAS C	-	Sell	$140.44K
Aug 18, 2025	Blanchard Thomas Andrew	Vice President	Sell	$244.90K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	3
2025 Q3	-	2
2025 Q2	-	1
2025 Q1	-	9
2024 Q4	-	5

KAI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Kadant?

Kadant shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 111.44%, followed by 0.86% insiders and -12.30% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Kadant's industry, Industrial Machinery Stocks, is 54.58%, which Kadant exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Kadant?

Kadant’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (1.74M shares, 14.78%), Vanguard group (1.32M shares, 11.21%), and Kayne anderson rudnick investment management (1.28M shares, 10.86%). Together, they hold 36.86% of Kadant’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Kadant?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.15% of Kadant, totaling 956.67K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 281.05M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -18.448K shares, a -1.89% change.

Who is Kadant’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Dudley & shanley is Kadant’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.64% of its assets in 55.18K Kadant shares, valued at 16.42M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Kadant shares?

American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund holder of Kadant shares, with 6.80% of its total shares outstanding invested in 800.35K Kadant shares.

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