Kadant Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US48282T1043

SecurityKAI / Kadant Inc.
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership72,504 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 21,196,545
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in KAI / Kadant Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 72,504 shares of Kadant Inc. (US:KAI) valued at $21,196,544 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 6,052 shares of Kadant Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 1,098.02% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $21,263,973 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (KAI) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 800 of underlying shares valued at $233,880 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

KAI / Kadant Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 72,504 66,452 1,098.02 21,197 1,129.47 0.0030
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 6,052 -9,647 -61.45 1,725 -63.09 0.0003
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 15,699 -34,866 -68.95 4,672 -70.90 0.0007
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 50,565 39,718 366.17 16,052 339.27 0.0028
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 10,847 -8,821 -44.85 3,654 -46.15 0.0007
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 19,668 12,767 185.00 6,785 190.95 0.0012
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 6,901 6,693 3,217.79 2,333 3,722.95 0.0005
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 208 -905 -81.31 61 -83.29 0.0000
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 1,113 -4,505 -80.19 365 -76.81 0.0001
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 5,618 -15,086 -72.87 1,575 -66.29 0.0003
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 20,704 16,535 396.62 4,670 404.76 0.0010
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 4,169 -9,657 -69.85 926 -67.90 0.0002
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 13,826 -19,206 -58.14 2,883 -50.88 0.0006
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 33,032 16,461 99.34 5,867 112.19 0.0014
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 16,571 16,571 2,765 0.0006
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 0 -8,175 -100.00 0 -100.00
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 8,175 -6,064 -42.59 1,884 -35.17 0.0004
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 14,239 2,510 21.40 2,906 40.73 0.0006
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 11,729 -8,916 -43.19 2,065 -45.93 0.0005
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 KADANT COM 48282T104 20,645 15,770 323.49 3,819 455.90 0.0009
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 20,645 15,770 3,819 0.0009
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F KADANT COM 48282T104 4,875 4,875 687 0.0002
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 0 -10,270 -100.00 0 -100.00
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 10,270 8,368 439.96 767 283.50 0.0003
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 1,902 -14,045 -88.07 200 -85.71 0.0001
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 15,947 3,032 23.48 1,400 19.35 0.0007
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 12,915 -29,948 -69.87 1,173 -68.89 0.0005
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 42,863 2,488 6.16 3,770 14.62 0.0019
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 40,375 21,403 112.81 3,289 60.67 0.0018
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 18,972 -3,898 -17.04 2,047 -6.91 0.0009
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A-1 KADANT Cmn 48282T104 22,870 20,416 831.95 2,199 847.84 0.0011
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 22,870 20,416 2,199
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A-1 KADANT Cmn 48282T104 2,454 2,454 232 0.0001
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 2,454 2,454 232
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 0 -4,508 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 4,508 -3,838 -45.99 444 -29.19 0.0003
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 8,346 4,927 144.11 627 208.87 0.0005
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F KADANT Cmn 48282T104 3,419 3,419 203 0.0002
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 0 -3,920 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-01-31 2016-09-30 13F/A-1 KADANT Cmn 48282T104 3,920 -845 -17.73 204 -16.73 0.0002
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 3,920 204
2017-01-31 2016-06-30 13F/A-1 KADANT Cmn 48282T104 4,765 4,765 0.00 245 0.0003
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 4,765 245
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 0 -22,547 -100.00 0 -100.00
2015-11-16 2015-09-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 22,547 3,106 15.98 880 -4.14 0.0008
2015-08-14 2015-06-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 19,441 -676 -3.36 918 -13.23 0.0008
2015-05-15 2015-03-31 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 20,117 1,380 7.37 1,058 32.25 0.0012
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 18,737 -270 -1.42 800 7.82 0.0010
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 19,007 1,016 5.65 742 7.23 0.0009
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 17,991 -1,360 -7.03 692 -1.98 0.0009
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 19,351 12,128 167.91 706 140.96 0.0010
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 7,223 6,446 829.60 293 1,026.92 0.0004
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 777 -6,354 -89.10 26 -87.91 0.0000
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F KADANT INC CMN STK Cmn 48282T104 7,131 7,131 215 0.0004
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KADANT COM Call 800 -38.46 234 -37.03 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KADANT COM Call 1,300 371 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KADANT COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KADANT COM Call 800 -11.11 270 -13.23 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F KADANT COM Call 900 -43.75 310 -42.59 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KADANT COM Call 1,600 -38.46 541 -29.23 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KADANT COM Call 2,600 52.94 764 36.98 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KADANT COM Call 1,700 240.00 558 297.86 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F KADANT COM Call 500 140 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KADANT COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KADANT COM Put 2,400 684 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KADANT COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KADANT COM Put 200 -88.24 67 -88.57 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F KADANT COM Put 1,700 -64.58 586 -63.87 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KADANT COM Put 4,800 4,700.00 1,622 5,493.10 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KADANT COM Put 100 29 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KADANT COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F KADANT COM Put 300 84 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.