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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kennametal
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kennametal
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.10$180.31M$3.8224.32
Kennametal$1.99B0.93$109.32M$1.3917.53

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72%
Kennametal 5.45%9.12%4.72%

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KMT vs. The Competition

MetricKennametalMACH TLS&RL PRD IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.86B$10.32B$7.53B$20.71B
Dividend Yield3.28%2.20%4.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio17.5318.1825.0128.08
Price / Sales0.931.76118.5538.52
Price / Cash7.5313.7727.4422.53
Price / Book1.493.164.364.58
Net Income$109.32M$381.52M$791.63M$985.54M
7 Day Performance5.80%2.31%2.17%2.79%
1 Month Performance10.95%6.39%5.03%4.37%
1 Year Performance7.17%3.64%31.99%15.08%

Kennametal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMT
Kennametal
1.2669 of 5 stars
$24.36
+0.1%
$25.40
+4.3%
+7.2%$1.86B$1.99B17.538,447
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3672 of 5 stars
$89.74
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.7%
-2.1%$4.12B$2.02B23.496,300Positive News
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.3811 of 5 stars
$207.32
-0.9%
$206.40
-0.4%
+17.0%$11.68B$4.01B25.5612,000Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.528 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.5%
$46.80
+44.6%
-18.0%$3.01B$3.24B30.249,200Positive News
BC
Brunswick
4.449 of 5 stars
$55.29
-0.5%
$70.00
+26.6%
-14.4%$3.65B$5.24B45.6915,000
DOV
Dover
4.918 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+6.0%$25.13B$7.75B11.0424,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.1413 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+27.2%$12.43B$3.63B24.9511,700Analyst Revision
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.698 of 5 stars
$247.17
-0.4%
$253.42
+2.5%
+10.8%$72.68B$15.90B21.7444,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.4001 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+42.3%$89.51B$19.93B26.9261,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
4.309 of 5 stars
$46.72
-1.7%
$50.90
+8.9%
-6.9%$3.15B$5.13B12.7311,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TKR
Timken
4.5225 of 5 stars
$72.62
-0.8%
$79.00
+8.8%
-2.7%$5.12B$4.57B15.6519,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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