Cadre Holdings Inc

Cadre Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CDRE) makes and distributes highly engineered safety and survivability equipment. Its customers include law enforcement, first responders, the military and the nuclear market.

**Public safety and defense**
- Body armor
- Duty gear such as holsters, duty belts and accessories
- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) suits and accessories
- Main customers are law enforcement agencies, militaries and bomb technicians.

**Nuclear safety (Cadre Nuclear Group)**
- Containment and handling systems
- Transport packaging
- Instrumentation and services
- Main end markets are environmental cleanup, national security and nuclear energy.

**Reporting segments**
- Product
- Distribution, which sells to U.S. state and local agencies

**Scale and reach**
- More than 2,600 employees and 21 facilities
- Products used in over 100 countries
- Over 80% of public safety product lines are tied to customer refresh cycles.
- The company estimates its core public safety and defense serviceable addressable market (SAM) at about $2B and its nuclear safety total addressable market (TAM) at $3–6B.

**Brands and acquisitions**
- Key brands include Safariland and Med-Eng.
- Recent acquisitions include TYR Tactical and Alien Gear.
- Cadre has completed eight acquisitions since 2022, most recently an EOD bolt-on closed in November 2026.

**Capital allocation**
- The company pays a quarterly dividend.
- In November 2026 it authorized its first share repurchase program. Updated Nov 4, 2026