KMT vs. FELE, LECO, AVNT, BC, DOV, ITT, ITW, PH, TEX, and TKR
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Avient (AVNT), Brunswick (BC), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), and Timken (TKR).
Kennametal vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Franklin Electric presently has a consensus price target of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.16%. Kennametal has a consensus price target of $25.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.27%. Given Kennametal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kennametal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 1 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Electric and 2 mentions for Kennametal. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Kennametal's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.85% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 5.45%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.08% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennametal pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
Summary
Franklin Electric beats Kennametal on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff