Industrials
Kennametal Inc.(KMT)
Live Price
Offline$36.32
-0.11% today
1Y Change
+60.58%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.92B
- Revenue Growth
- -3.9%
- EPS Growth
- -12.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.1%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kennametal Inc. (KMT) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $2.92B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $36.32 and up 60.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.9%, EPS growth of -12.3%, a dividend yield of 2.1%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.9%, EPS -12.3%, free cash flow -29.6% with operating margin 8.3% and ROIC 5.8%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 26.7 and price/sales 1.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KMT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-3.9% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+8.3% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
26.7 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -3.9% and EPS is at -12.3%, with operating margin around 8.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.1%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | -3.6% | -18.9% | -24.0% |
2026 Feb 4, 2026 | +34.3% | -0.2% | +5.0% | +4.4% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | +41.7% | +3.1% | +9.4% | +10.5% |
Benchmark Edge
KMT vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KMT Max Drawdown
-26.65%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KMT and SPY.
Company Overview
Kennametal Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Kennametal Inc. engages in development and application of tungsten carbides, ceramics, and super-hard materials and solutions for use in metal cutting and extreme wear applications to enable customers work against corrosion and high temperatures conditions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. It offers standard and custom products, including turning, milling, hole making, tooling systems, and services, as well as specialized wear components and metallurgical powders for manufacturers engaged in various industries, such as the manufacturers of transportation vehicles and components, machine tools, and light and heavy machinery; airframe and aerospace components; and energy-related components for the oil and gas industry, as well as power generation. The company also provides specified product design, selection, application, and support services; and standard and custom metal cutting solutions to aerospace, general engineering, energy, and transportation customers. In addition, it produces compacts, nozzles, frac seats, and custom components used in oil and gas, and petrochemical industries; rod blanks and abrasive water jet nozzles for general industries; earth cutting tools and systems used in underground mining, trenching and foundation drilling, and road milling; tungsten carbide powders for the oil and gas, aerospace, and process industries; and ceramics used by the packaging industry for metallization of films and papers. It provides its products under the Kennametal, WIDIA, WIDIA Hanita, and WIDIA GTD brands through its direct sales force; a network of independent and national distributors; integrated supplier channels; and through the Internet. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- Sanjay K. Chowbey
- IPO Date
- Jan 1, 1943
- Employees
- 8.4k
- Street Address
- 525 William Penn Place
- Mailing
- Pittsburgh, PA, 15219
- Region
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 412 248 8000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 26.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.1
- Price/Sales
- 1.4
- Price/Book
- 2.2
Growth
- Revenue
- -3.9%
- EPS
- -12.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- -29.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 31.1%
- Operating Margin
- 8.3%
- Net Margin
- 5.4%
- ROE
- 8.6%
- ROIC
- 5.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.49
- Current Ratio
- 2.55
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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