Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.300-1.700 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.430. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.0 billion-$2.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.0 billion. Kennametal also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.200-0.300 EPS.

Kennametal Stock Performance

Shares of KMT opened at $26.58 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion, a PE ratio of 19.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.17. Kennametal has a one year low of $22.38 and a one year high of $27.04. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $25.43 and its 200 day moving average price is $24.92.

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The industrial products company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $543.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $532.72 million. Kennametal had a return on equity of 9.17% and a net margin of 5.34%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.51 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Kennametal will post 1.43 earnings per share for the current year.

Kennametal Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be given a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.01%. Kennametal’s dividend payout ratio is 58.39%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Kennametal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Bank of America lowered shares of Kennametal from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $26.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Loop Capital lifted their target price on Kennametal from $22.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 22nd. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on Kennametal from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $24.60.

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.