Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.050-1.300 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.440. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.0 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.0 billion. Kennametal also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.200-0.300 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

KMT has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Kennametal from $24.50 to $28.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Loop Capital raised their price target on shares of Kennametal from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. StockNews.com raised shares of Kennametal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of Kennametal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $40.00 to $32.00 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Bank of America lowered Kennametal from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $26.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday, October 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Kennametal has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $27.67.

Kennametal Stock Performance

Shares of Kennametal stock traded down $0.68 on Thursday, reaching $22.00. 1,948,063 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 950,682. The company has a 50 day moving average of $25.09 and a 200 day moving average of $25.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 2.52 and a quick ratio of 1.16. Kennametal has a 52 week low of $20.50 and a 52 week high of $32.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.71 billion, a PE ratio of 17.18, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.66.

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.27 by ($0.02). Kennametal had a net margin of 4.98% and a return on equity of 8.35%. Equities analysts forecast that Kennametal will post 1.43 earnings per share for the current year.

Kennametal Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 11th. Kennametal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 65.57%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP John Wayne Witt sold 1,765 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.35, for a total value of $51,802.75. Following the sale, the vice president now owns 1,642 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,192.70. This trade represents a 51.81 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, VP Franklin Cardenas sold 20,470 shares of Kennametal stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.24, for a total value of $578,072.80. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 39,581 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,117,767.44. This represents a 34.09 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.41% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Kennametal Company Profile

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.