KMT vs. MIDD, WTS, VMI, TKR, KAI, JBT, MWA, NPO, ESE, and AIN
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Middleby (MIDD), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Valmont Industries (VMI), Timken (TKR), Kadant (KAI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Enpro (NPO), ESCO Technologies (ESE), and Albany International (AIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kennametal vs.
Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) and Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middleby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kennametal had 8 more articles in the media than Middleby. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kennametal and 3 mentions for Middleby. Middleby's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Kennametal's score of 0.06 indicating that Middleby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Middleby presently has a consensus price target of $154.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.90%. Kennametal has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.97%. Given Kennametal's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Middleby.
Middleby has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kennametal received 59 more outperform votes than Middleby when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.35% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
Middleby has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 4.98%. Middleby's return on equity of 14.66% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
98.6% of Middleby shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Middleby shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kennametal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Middleby beats Kennametal on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
