Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) Updates Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.200-0.300 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.380. The company issued revenue guidance of $480.0 million-$500.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $517.6 million. Kennametal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.050-1.300 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on KMT. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded Kennametal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $40.00 to $32.00 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Loop Capital upped their price objective on Kennametal from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Kennametal from $24.50 to $28.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Barclays dropped their price objective on Kennametal from $31.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Kennametal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.67.

Kennametal Price Performance

Shares of KMT opened at $23.48 on Wednesday. Kennametal has a 12-month low of $22.50 and a 12-month high of $32.18. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $25.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 2.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The stock has a market cap of $1.82 billion, a PE ratio of 18.34, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.66.

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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%. Analysts anticipate that Kennametal will post 1.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Kennametal Dividend Announcement

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 paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.41%. Kennametal’s payout ratio is 62.50%.

Insider Activity

In related news, VP Franklin Cardenas sold 20,470 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.24, for a total transaction of $578,072.80. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 39,581 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,117,767.44. This trade represents a 34.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP John Wayne Witt sold 1,765 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 directly owns 1,642 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $48,192.70. This represents a 51.81 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 1.41% of the company’s stock.

About Kennametal

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.