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Earnings per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 01, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) are calculated as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | April 1, 2017 |  | April 2, 2016
(In thousands, except per share amounts) |  |
Amounts Attributable to Kadant: |  |  |  |
Net Income |  | $ | 8,951 |  |  | $ | 6,876 |
Basic Weighted Average Shares |  | 10,952 |  |  | 10,793 |
Effect of Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Shares |  | 253 |  |  | 225 |
Diluted Weighted Average Shares |  | 11,205 |  |  | 11,018 |
Basic Earnings per Share |  | $ | 0.82 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |
Diluted Earnings per Share |  | $ | 0.80 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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