KMT vs. VMI, TKR, KAI, MWA, ESE, NPO, AIN, B, SXI, and TNC
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Valmont Industries (VMI), Timken (TKR), Kadant (KAI), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Enpro (NPO), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), and Tennant (TNC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kennametal vs.
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennametal pays out 65.6% 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.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kennametal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 49 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Valmont Industries and 7 mentions for Kennametal. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Kennametal's score of -0.13 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valmont Industries has a net margin of 8.55% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 4.76%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.15% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
Valmont Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kennametal received 102 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.25% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
Valmont Industries currently has a consensus price target of $402.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.27%. Kennametal has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.38%. Given Kennametal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
Summary
Valmont Industries beats Kennametal on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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