profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Kennametal
$23.99-1.11% today
-13.0% in 1 year
1-year low $23.001-year high $43.27
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.85 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Kennametal sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.01 billion in 2022 to $1.97 billion in 2025, with $93.1 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Kennametal handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $60M$62M
Free cash flow 2025$119M
Bought back its own shares$60M
Paid as dividends$62M
Cash vs. debt$141M vs. $643M
Kennametal vs. similar companies
Kennametal grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennametal | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Snap-on | 18.7× · Fair price | ||
 Stanley Black & Decker | 41.9× · Expensive | ||
 RBC Bearings | 53.5× · Expensive | ||
 Lincoln Electric Holdings | 29.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Kennametal's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,012 | 2,078 | 2,047 | 1,967 | |
| 648 | 646 | 627 | 598 | |
| 216 | 197 | 182 | 156 | |
| 364 | 322 | 306 | 293 | |
| 145 | 118 | 109 | 93 | |
| 1.72 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.20 | |
| 32.2% | 31.1% | 30.6% | 30.4% | |
| 10.7% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 8.0% | |
| 7.2% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,574 | 2,547 | 2,504 | 2,545 |
| Cash | 86 | 106 | 128 | 141 |
| Total debt | 663 | 639 | 646 | 643 |
| Total liabilities | 1,282 | 1,233 | 1,215 | 1,221 |
| 1,253 | 1,275 | 1,250 | 1,284 | |
| 84 | 81 | 80 | 78 | |
| 9.6% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 6.4% | |
| 11.5% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 7.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | 258 | 277 | 208 | |
| 97 | 94 | 108 | 89 | |
| 85 | 164 | 170 | 119 | |
| Dividends paid | 67 | 65 | 63 | 62 |
| 86 | 49 | 66 | 60 | |
| 21 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
Valuation
- 19.8×
- 9.8×
- –
- 1.9×
- 0.9×
- 15.5×
- 8.0×
- 6.5%
- 5.0%
- 2.3%
Profitability
- 30.4%
- 8.0%
- 4.7%
- 16.6%
- 7.0%
- 5.4%
- 10.5%
- 5.0%
- 9.4%
- 0.5%
Growth
- −0.8%
- −11.3%
- −29.6%
- +0.0%
- −2.0%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.49
- 24.2%
- 8.3×
- 2.38
- 0.99
- 0.78
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 41%of 982
Bottom 46%of 991
Top 45%of 876
Bottom 15%of 989
Top 31%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $36.00
- Range
- $29.00 – $40.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 0.77 | 0.68 | +13.2% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 0.47 | 0.35 | +34.3% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.24 | +41.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.40 | −15.0% |
| May 7, 2025 | 0.47 | 0.26 | +80.8% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 0.25 | 0.27 | −7.4% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.29 | 0.26 | +11.5% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.49 | 0.43 | +14.0% |
2.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$23a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.76 in 2015 → $0.80 in 2025
How safe it looks
66.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 51.8%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
67Pass
Philip Fisher
37No pass
Peter Lynch
19No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
38No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about Kennametal
Is Kennametal a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Kennametal AI analysis
What does Kennametal do?
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. It is in Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories, based in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, with 8,100 employees.
Does Kennametal pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.3% a year, about 66% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $61.9 million in dividends.
Is Kennametal stock halal?
No. Kennametal does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 35% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Kennametal stock done over the past year?
Down 13.0% over the past twelve months, to $23.99. It traded between $23.00 and $43.27 and is 44.6% below its high.
Who are Kennametal's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Snap-on, Stanley Black & Decker, RBC Bearings and Lincoln Electric Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Kennametal's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.