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Kennametal (KMT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$22.12 -0.31 (-1.36%)
Closing price 03/10/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$22.08 -0.04 (-0.16%)
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About Kennametal Stock (NYSE:KMT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$22.01
$22.79
50-Day Range
$21.22
$24.66
52-Week Range
$20.50
$32.18
Volume
1.44 million shs
Average Volume
1.03 million shs
Market Capitalization
$1.71 billion
P/E Ratio
18.13
Dividend Yield
3.62%
Price Target
$26.60
Consensus Rating
Reduce

Company Overview

Kennametal Inc. engages in development and application of tungsten carbides, ceramics, and super-hard materials and solutions for use in metal cutting and extreme wear applications to enable customers work against corrosion and high temperatures conditions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. It offers standard and custom products, including turning, milling, hole making, tooling systems, and services, as well as specialized wear components and metallurgical powders for manufacturers engaged in various industries, such as the manufacturers of transportation vehicles and components, machine tools, and light and heavy machinery; airframe and aerospace components; and energy-related components for the oil and gas industry, as well as power generation. In addition, the company provides specified product design, selection, application, and support services; and standard and custom metal cutting solutions to aerospace, general engineering, energy, and transportation customers. Further, it produces compacts, nozzles, frac seats, and custom components used in oil and gas, and petrochemical industries; rod blanks and abrasive water jet nozzles for general industries; earth cutting tools and systems used in underground mining, trenching and foundation drilling, and road milling; tungsten carbide powders for the oil and gas, aerospace, and process industries; and ceramics used by the packaging industry for metallization of films and papers. The company provides its products under the Kennametal, WIDIA, WIDIA Hanita, and WIDIA GTD brands through its direct sales force; a network of independent and national distributors; integrated supplier channels; and through the Internet. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Kennametal Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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69th Percentile Overall Score

KMT MarketRank™: 

Kennametal scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 80th out of 174 stocks in the industrial products sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Kennametal has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Kennametal has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Kennametal's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Kennametal are expected to grow by 17.09% in the coming year, from $1.17 to $1.37 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Kennametal is 18.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.49.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Kennametal is 18.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrial Products sector average P/E ratio of about 16.53.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Kennametal has a PEG Ratio of 3.69. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Kennametal has a P/B Ratio of 1.36. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Kennametal's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.24% of the float of Kennametal has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Kennametal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Kennametal has recently decreased by 21.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Kennametal is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.63%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Kennametal does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Kennametal is 65.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Kennametal will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.39% next year. This indicates that Kennametal will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Kennametal's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.24% of the float of Kennametal has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Kennametal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Kennametal has recently decreased by 21.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Kennametal has a news sentiment score of 0.74. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrial Products companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Kennametal this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    6 people have searched for KMT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    3 people have added Kennametal to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Kennametal insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $217,500.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.41% of the stock of Kennametal is held by insiders.

  • Read more about Kennametal's insider trading history.
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KMT Stock News Headlines

Kennametal (KMT) Gets a Hold from Barclays
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KMT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Kennametal's stock was trading at $24.02 at the start of the year. Since then, KMT stock has decreased by 7.9% and is now trading at $22.1150.
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Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.02. Kennametal had a net margin of 4.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.12%.

Kennametal's Board of Directors approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 7th 2024, which allows the company to repurchase $200,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 10.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Kennametal's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.61%), Ariel Investments LLC (9.96%), Wellington Management Group LLP (6.83%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Sanjay Chowbey, Franklin Cardenas, William J Harvey and John Wayne Witt.
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Shares of KMT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Kennametal investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), AUO (AUOTY) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/05/2025
Ex-Dividend for 2/25 Dividend
2/11/2025
Dividend Payable
2/25/2025
Today
3/10/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/14/2025
Fiscal Year End
6/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Machine tools, metal cutting type
Sub-Industry
Industrial Machinery
Current Symbol
NYSE:KMT
Employees
8,447
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$26.60
High Stock Price Target
$32.00
Low Stock Price Target
$24.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+20.3%
Consensus Rating
Reduce
Rating Score (0-4)
1.80
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
18.13
Forward P/E Ratio
18.90
P/E Growth
3.69
Net Income
$109.32 million
Pretax Margin
7.02%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.02 billion
Cash Flow
$3.15 per share
Price / Cash Flow
7.01
Book Value
$16.29 per share
Price / Book
1.36

Miscellaneous

Free Float
76,269,000
Market Cap
$1.71 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.69

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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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