Kennametal (KMT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $24.28 -0.14 (-0.59%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Kennametal Short Interest DataKennametal (KMT) has a short interest of 6.08 million shares, representing 7.92% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 7.04% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.8, indicating that it would take 6.8 days of the average trading volume of 902,715 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest6,080,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,680,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+7.04%Dollar Volume Sold Short$146.04 millionShort Interest Ratio6.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares77,730,000 sharesFloat Size76,770,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.92%Today's Trading Volume855,466 sharesAverage Trading Volume902,715 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average95% Short Selling Kennametal? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Kennametal and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartKMT Short Interest Over TimeKMT Days to Cover Over TimeKMT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Kennametal Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/20246,080,000 shares $146.04 million +7.0%7.9%6.8 $24.02 12/15/20245,680,000 shares $151.54 million -9.1%7.4%6.5 $26.68 11/30/20246,250,000 shares $179.38 million -5.2%8.1%7.4 $28.70 11/15/20246,590,000 shares $187.55 million +1.2%8.6%7.8 $28.46 10/31/20246,510,000 shares $164.83 million +0.5%8.5%7.8 $25.32 10/15/20246,480,000 shares $164.20 million +3.0%8.4%8.7 $25.34 Get the Latest News and Ratings for KMT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Kennametal and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/20246,290,000 shares $163.10 million +8.5%8.2%8.5 $25.93 9/15/20245,800,000 shares $145.81 million +5.3%7.8%7.8 $25.14 8/31/20245,510,000 shares $142.54 million -0.9%7.4%7.7 $25.87 8/15/20245,560,000 shares $139 million +3.5%7.5%7.8 $25.00 7/31/20245,370,000 shares $140.37 million -10.1%7.1%7.5 $26.14 7/15/20245,970,000 shares $146.09 million +6.6%7.9%8.9 $24.47 6/30/20245,600,000 shares $131.82 million +3.3%7.5%8.6 $23.54 6/15/20245,420,000 shares $128.83 million -4.9%7.2%8.6 $23.77 5/31/20245,700,000 shares $146.75 million +15.4%7.6%9.4 $25.75 5/15/20244,940,000 shares $129.72 million +24.4%6.6%8.1 $26.26 4/30/20243,970,000 shares $93.39 million -10.6%5.2%6 $23.53 4/15/20244,440,000 shares $105.94 million -0.7%5.9%7.1 $23.86 3/31/20244,470,000 shares $111.48 million +3.5%5.9%7.2 $24.94 3/15/20244,320,000 shares $103.38 million +9.1%5.7%6.8 $23.93 2/29/20243,960,000 shares $99.95 million -5.7%5.2%5.6 $25.24 2/15/20244,200,000 shares $104.58 million -12.9%5.5%5.7 $24.90 1/31/20244,820,000 shares $118.19 million +6.2%6.4%6.9 $24.52 1/15/20244,540,000 shares $110.55 million +0.4%6.0%6.2 $24.35 12/31/20234,520,000 shares $116.57 million -9.6%6.0%6.2 $25.79 12/15/20235,000,000 shares $129.25 million No Change6.6%6.7 $25.85 11/30/20235,000,000 shares $116.58 million -4.9%6.6%7.1 $23.32 11/15/20235,260,000 shares $127.82 million +2.9%6.9%7.8 $24.30 10/31/20235,110,000 shares $118.09 million -3.8%6.7%7.5 $23.11 10/15/20235,310,000 shares $127.97 million +1.3%7.0%7.7 $24.10 9/30/20235,240,000 shares $130.37 million -3.1%6.9%7.8 $24.88 9/15/20235,410,000 shares $137.12 million No Change7.2%8.1 $25.35 8/31/20235,410,000 shares $143.15 million +0.6%7.2%7.7 $26.46 8/15/20235,380,000 shares $139.83 million +7.0%7.1%7.3 $25.99 7/31/20235,030,000 shares $153.34 million -6.2%6.6%6.9 $30.49 7/15/20235,360,000 shares $155.76 million +11.9%7.0%7 $29.06 6/30/20234,790,000 shares $135.99 million -4.6%6.3%6.2 $28.39 6/15/20235,020,000 shares $145.58 million +5.9%6.6%6.3 $29.00 5/31/20234,740,000 shares $118.14 million -19.8%6.2%4.3 $24.93 5/15/20235,910,000 shares $152.66 million -4.4%7.8%5.6 $25.83 4/30/20236,180,000 shares $160.43 million +46.5%8.1%5.9 $25.96 4/15/20234,220,000 shares $111.20 million -7.1%5.5%4.4 $26.35 3/31/20234,540,000 shares $125.21 million +14.7%6.0%4.7 $27.58 3/15/20233,960,000 shares $106.92 million +17.2%5.2%4.3 $27.00 2/28/20233,380,000 shares $95.76 million -4.3%4.4%5.7 $28.33 2/15/20233,530,000 shares $102.48 million -17.5%4.6%6.3 $29.03 1/31/20234,280,000 shares $121.98 million -2.1%5.6%7 $28.50 1/15/20234,370,000 shares $119.39 million +2.3%5.7%6.6 $27.32 12/30/20224,270,000 shares $102.74 million +8.7%5.6%5.9 $24.06 12/15/20223,930,000 shares $96.36 million -4.2%5.2%4.9 $24.52 11/30/20224,100,000 shares $108.32 million -9.3%5.4%5 $26.42 11/15/20224,520,000 shares $122.31 million -15.2%5.9%5.5 $27.06 10/31/20225,330,000 shares $142.36 million -1.1%7.0%6.8 $26.71 10/15/20225,390,000 shares $120.20 million +10.2%7.0%7.3 $22.30 9/30/20224,890,000 shares $100.64 million +1.2%6.3%7 $20.58 9/15/20224,830,000 shares $108.58 million +4.6%6.3%6.8 $22.48 8/31/20224,620,000 shares $108.29 million No Change6.0%6.7 $23.44 8/15/20224,620,000 shares $125.99 million -4.6%6.0%6.4 $27.27 7/31/20224,840,000 shares $129.95 million -2.8%6.2%5.9 $26.85 7/15/20224,980,000 shares $117.48 million +3.3%6.3%5.8 $23.59 6/30/20224,820,000 shares $111.97 million +15.6%6.1%5.2 $23.23 6/15/20224,170,000 shares $106.21 million +0.2%5.3%4.3 $25.47 5/31/20224,160,000 shares $115.40 million -6.9%5.3%4.3 $27.74 5/15/20224,470,000 shares $115.28 million -2.0%5.7%4.5 $25.79 4/30/20224,560,000 shares $117.33 million +14.0%5.8%4.5 $25.73 4/15/20224,000,000 shares $108.08 million +4.7%5.1%4.3 $27.02 3/31/20223,820,000 shares $109.29 million +5.5%4.9%4.4 $28.61 3/15/20223,620,000 shares $105.49 million -8.6%4.6%5.3 $29.14 2/28/20223,960,000 shares $125.57 million +0.3%5.0%6.5 $31.71 2/15/20223,950,000 shares $134.18 million +32.1%5.0%7.2 $33.97 1/31/20222,990,000 shares $103.36 million -1.3%3.8%6.2 $34.57 1/15/20223,030,000 shares $111.69 million -1.3%3.8%6.4 $36.86 12/31/20213,070,000 shares $110.24 million -1.9%3.9%6.6 $35.91 12/15/20213,130,000 shares $111.83 million +15.9%4.0%6.2 $35.73 11/30/20212,700,000 shares $95.50 million -5.9%3.4%5.1 $35.37 11/15/20212,870,000 shares $114.14 million -15.3%3.6%5.2 $39.77 10/29/20213,390,000 shares $134.75 million -9.4%4.3%5.9 $39.75 10/15/20213,740,000 shares $137.82 million -8.1%4.7%6.5 $36.85 9/30/20214,070,000 shares $139.32 million -1.2%5.1%7.1 $34.23 9/15/20214,120,000 shares $153.14 million -2.1%5.2%6.8 $37.17 8/31/20214,210,000 shares $156.53 million +15.3%5.3%7 $37.18 8/13/20213,650,000 shares $134.03 million +0.8%4.6%5.9 $36.72 7/30/20213,620,000 shares $131.23 million -9.1%4.6%5.8 $36.25 7/15/20213,980,000 shares $141.09 million +10.3%5.0%6.6 $35.45 6/30/20213,610,000 shares $129.67 million -13.6%4.6%5.9 $35.92 6/15/20214,180,000 shares $152.74 million -1.7%5.3%6.9 $36.54 5/28/20214,250,000 shares $159.42 million +5.7%5.4%7.2 $37.51 5/14/20214,020,000 shares $165.66 million -6.1%5.1%6.8 $41.21 4/30/20214,280,000 shares $175.48 million -2.5%5.4%7 $41.00 4/15/20214,390,000 shares $184.56 million +14.6%5.6%6.7 $42.04 3/31/20213,830,000 shares $154.16 million +11.0%4.8%5.9 $40.25 3/15/20213,450,000 shares $143.83 million -3.6%4.4%5.5 $41.69 2/26/20213,580,000 shares $137.08 million -14.8%4.5%5.8 $38.29 2/12/20214,200,000 shares $153.34 million +4.0%5.3%7 $36.51 1/29/20214,040,000 shares $156.11 million -9.8%5.1%6.5 $38.64 1/15/20214,480,000 shares $176.56 million +0.7%5.7%7.2 $39.41 12/31/20204,450,000 shares $161.00 million +4.7%5.7%7.5 $36.18 12/15/20204,250,000 shares $159.59 million +2.4%5.4%7 $37.55 11/30/20204,150,000 shares $150.52 million +5.3%5.3%6.2 $36.27 11/15/20203,940,000 shares $129.31 million -3.0%5.0%5.8 $32.82 10/30/20204,060,000 shares $124.07 million -8.8%5.2%6 $30.56 10/15/20204,450,000 shares $148.27 million -0.7%5.7%7.1 $33.32 9/30/20204,480,000 shares $129.65 million -11.5%5.7%6.8 $28.94 9/15/20205,060,000 shares $162.38 million +9.3%6.4%7.3 $32.09 8/31/20204,630,000 shares $134.36 million -2.1%5.9%6.9 $29.02 8/14/20204,730,000 shares $146.54 million +3.1%6.0%6.6 $30.98 7/31/20204,590,000 shares $123.75 million +3.2%5.8%6.1 $26.96 7/15/20204,450,000 shares $120.46 million -4.3%5.7%5.6 $27.07 6/30/20204,650,000 shares $132.29 million +13.7%5.9%5.2 $28.45 6/15/20204,090,000 shares $113.70 million -1.9%5.2%4.1 $27.80 5/29/20204,170,000 shares $115.68 million -3.9%5.3%3.6 $27.74 5/15/20204,340,000 shares $97.52 million -2.0%5.5%3.6 $22.47 4/30/20204,430,000 shares $113.45 million +34.7%5.5%3.7 $25.61 4/15/20203,290,000 shares $70.27 million +23.2%4.1%2.7 $21.36 3/31/20202,670,000 shares $62.16 million -27.1%3.3%2.3 $23.28 3/13/20203,664,100 shares $86.11 million -15.6%4.5%4.2 $23.50 2/28/20204,340,000 shares $65.84 million -0.2%5.5%5 $15.17 2/14/20204,350,000 shares $98.09 million +5.8%5.5%5.3 $22.55 1/31/20204,110,000 shares $115.98 million +1.5%5.2%5.1 $28.22 KMT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Kennametal's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Kennametal shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, investors have sold 6,080,000 shares of KMT short. 7.92% of Kennametal's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Kennametal's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Kennametal? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. KMT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 7.0. Learn More on Kennametal's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Kennametal? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Kennametal: Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Kennametal? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 7.92% of Kennametal's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Kennametal's short interest increasing or decreasing? Kennametal saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,080,000 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the previous total of 5,680,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Kennametal's float size? Kennametal currently has issued a total of 77,730,000 shares. Some of Kennametal's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Kennametal currently has a public float of 76,770,000 shares. How does Kennametal's short interest compare to its competitors? 7.92% of Kennametal's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "industrial machinery" compare to Kennametal: The Middleby Co. (5.07%), Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (3.13%), Valmont Industries, Inc. (1.18%), The Timken Company (2.63%), Kadant Inc. (11.83%), John Bean Technologies Co. (13.46%), Mueller Water Products, Inc. (1.78%), Enpro Inc. (1.78%), ESCO Technologies Inc. (0.86%), Albany International Corp. (1.94%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Kennametal stock? Short selling KMT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Kennametal as its price is falling. KMT shares are trading down $0.14 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Kennametal? A short squeeze for Kennametal occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of KMT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Kennametal's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including KMT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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