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Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) are calculated as follows:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2018				April 1, 2017
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Amounts Attributable to Kadant:
Net Income		$	10,858			$	8,951
Basic Weighted Average Shares		11,042				10,952
Effect of Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Shares		300				253
Diluted Weighted Average Shares		11,342				11,205
Basic Earnings per Share		$	0.98			$	0.82
Diluted Earnings per Share		$	0.96			$	0.80

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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.

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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

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