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As of close of business last night, Kennametal Inc’s stock clocked out at $28.43, down -0.25% from its previous closing price of $28.5. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.73 million shares were traded. KMT stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.91 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.42.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of KMT’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 20.90 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.30. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.18 and its Current Ratio is at 2.60. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.50 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.49.
On December 06, 2024, Jefferies Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $40 to $32.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Neutral to Underperform on October 18, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $26.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 11 ’25 when Chowbey Sanjay bought 10,000 shares for $21.75 per share. The transaction valued at 217,530 led to the insider holds 77,595 shares of the business.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KMT now has a Market Capitalization of 2167320320 and an Enterprise Value of 2742796800. As of this moment, Kennametal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.34, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.89. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.45. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.09 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.73. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.383 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.202.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KMT is 1.46, which has changed by 0.15947926 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13329959 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KMT has reached a high of $29.89, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $17.30. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 11.59%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 25.71%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that KMT traded 864.47K shares on average per day over the past three months and 888060 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 78.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 74.06M. Insiders hold about 2.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 103.18% stake in the company. Shares short for KMT as of 1764288000 were 3146038 with a Short Ratio of 3.64, compared to 1761868800 on 3811478. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3146038 and a Short% of Float of 7.53.
Dividends & Splits
KMT has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.80. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028070176. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.98. The current Payout Ratio is 66.92% for KMT, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-10 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-10. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2007-12-19 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 8.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.46, with high estimates of $0.55 and low estimates of $0.41.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.57 and $1.2 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.46. EPS for the following year is $1.68, with 8.0 analysts recommending between $1.88 and $1.35.
Revenue Estimates
In. The current quarter, 6 analysts expect revenue to total $514.7M. It ranges from a high estimate of $523.95M to a low estimate of $510.7M. As of. The current estimate, Kennametal Inc’s year-ago sales were $482.05MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $533.55M. There is a high estimate of $546.56M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $511M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KMT’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.13B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.05B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.1B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.97BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.18B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.3B and the low estimate is $2.07B.
