Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) Updates Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) issued an update on its third 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 0.380. 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.

Kennametal Stock Down 3.0 %

Shares of KMT stock traded down $0.68 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $22.00. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,948,063 shares, compared to its average volume of 950,682. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 2.52. Kennametal has a 52-week low of $20.50 and a 52-week high of $32.18. The stock has a market cap of $1.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.18, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.66. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $25.09 and a 200 day moving average price of $25.64.

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by ($0.02). Kennametal had a return on equity of 8.35% and a net margin of 4.98%. Research analysts predict that Kennametal will post 1.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Kennametal Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 11th. Kennametal’s dividend payout ratio is currently 65.57%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

KMT has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Bank of America cut Kennametal from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $26.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Friday, October 18th. StockNews.com raised Kennametal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Loop Capital boosted their price target on Kennametal from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Kennametal from $24.50 to $28.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of 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 report on Friday, December 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Kennametal presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.67.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP John Wayne Witt sold 1,765 shares of Kennametal stock in a transaction dated 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 approximately $48,192.70. The trade was a 51.81 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Franklin Cardenas sold 20,470 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.24, for a total value of $578,072.80. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 39,581 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,117,767.44. The trade was a 34.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company 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.