Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.200-0.300 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.270. The company issued revenue guidance of $480.0 million-$500.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $493.0 million. Kennametal also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.300-1.700 EPS.

Kennametal Price Performance

KMT stock opened at $26.58 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.17. The stock has a market cap of $2.07 billion, a PE ratio of 19.40, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.64. Kennametal has a one year low of $22.38 and a one year high of $27.04.

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

Kennametal Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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.