Kadant Ownership | Who Owns Kadant?

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Kadant Ownership Summary

Kadant is owned by 0.38% institutional investors, 0.85% insiders, and 98.77% retail investors. Kayne anderson rudnick investment management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.47% of KAI shares. American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund, with 7.19% of its assets in Kadant shares.

KAI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Kadant	0.38%	0.85%	98.77%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	39.35%	12.62%	48.03%
Industry	Industrial Machinery Stocks	44.92%	9.15%	45.93%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	1.35M	11.47%	$464.72M
Vanguard group	1.22M	10.37%	$420.29M
Wasatch advisors lp	1.06M	9.03%	$365.76M
Blackrock	956.67K	8.15%	$281.05M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	952.06K	8.11%	$328.45M
Neuberger berman group	746.50K	6.36%	$257.54M
Capital investors	634.20K	5.40%	$218.79M
Chevy chase trust	475.41K	4.05%	$164.01M
Macquarie group	314.04K	2.67%	$108.34M
Capital world investors	313.09K	2.67%	$108.01M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Wasatch advisors lp	1.06M	1.81%	$365.76M
Dudley & shanley	32.50K	1.73%	$11.21M
Qsv equity investors	4.50K	1.49%	$1.55M
Mountain pacific investment advisers inc/id	56.86K	1.38%	$19.62M
Riverbridge partners	272.13K	1.28%	$93.88M
Kayne anderson rudnick investment management	1.35M	1.08%	$464.72M
Royce & associates lp	205.63K	0.66%	$70.94M
Paradigm capital management inc/ny	32.40K	0.61%	$10.92M
Rmb capital management	76.09K	0.60%	$26.25M
Conestoga capital advisors	111.77K	0.51%	$38.56M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard group	1.22M	0.01%	243.27K
Norges bank	134.87K	0.01%	134.87K
Raymond james financial	114.21K	0.01%	114.21K
Conestoga capital advisors	111.77K	0.51%	111.77K
Ubs group	126.08K	0.01%	66.13K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
C2p capital advisory group, llc d.b.a. prosperity capital advisors	-	-	-561.16K
Wasatch advisors lp	1.06M	1.81%	-89.31K
Champlain investment partners	46.07K	0.10%	-76.56K
Neuberger berman group	746.50K	0.20%	-66.53K
Brown advisory	264.86K	0.12%	-45.46K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	134.87K	0.01%	134.87K	$46.53M
Raymond james financial	114.21K	0.01%	114.21K	$39.40M
Conestoga capital advisors	111.77K	0.51%	111.77K	$38.56M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	10.33K	0.05%	10.33K	$3.56M
Van eck associates	9.76K	0.00%	9.76K	$3.37M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
First pacific financial	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-1.00
Fairscale capital	-1.00
Northwest financial advisors	-3.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Jun 30, 2024	260	-2.62%	12,621,190	6.05%	107	1.04%	139	16.81%	71	-34.26%
Mar 31, 2024	267	10.79%	11,900,764	0.58%	101	0.99%	119	5.31%	108	22.73%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds SMALLCAP World A	845.49K	7.19%	-94.08K
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	706.93K	6.00%	-364.00
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	375.37K	3.19%	5.90K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	370.01K	3.15%	352.00
Neuberger Berman Genesis Inv	358.52K	3.05%	-129.45K
Wasatch Core Growth	356.83K	3.03%	-39.33K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	300.50K	2.55%	147.00
Vanguard Small Cap Index	295.10K	2.51%	1.69K
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core I	256.69K	2.18%	-
Macquarie Small Cap Core I	238.41K	2.02%	6.78K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 19, 2025	Blanchard Thomas Andrew	Vice President	Sell	$111.02K
Feb 28, 2025	MCKENNEY MICHAEL J	Executive Vice President & CFO	Sell	$87.14K
Feb 28, 2025	MCKENNEY MICHAEL J	Executive Vice President & CFO	Sell	$1.46M
Feb 28, 2025	MCKENNEY MICHAEL J	Executive Vice President & CFO	Sell	$596.10K
Feb 28, 2025	MCKENNEY MICHAEL J	Executive Vice President & CFO	Sell	$288.39K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	9
2024 Q4	-	5
2024 Q3	-	15
2024 Q2	-	1

KAI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Kadant?

Kadant shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 0.38%, followed by 0.85% insiders and 98.77% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Kadant's industry, Industrial Machinery Stocks, is 44.92%, which Kadant falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Kadant?

Kadant’s largest shareholders are Kayne anderson rudnick investment management (1.35M shares, 11.47%), Vanguard group (1.22M shares, 10.37%), and Wasatch advisors lp (1.06M shares, 9.03%). Together, they hold 30.87% 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?

Wasatch advisors lp is Kadant’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.81% of its assets in 1.06M Kadant shares, valued at 365.76M$.

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 7.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 845.49K Kadant shares.

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