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 guidance of 0.200-0.300 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have weighed in on KMT shares. Loop Capital lifted their target price on Kennametal from $22.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 22nd. Bank of America downgraded shares of Kennametal from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $26.00 price objective on the stock. 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. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Kennametal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $24.60.

Kennametal Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:KMT traded up $0.42 during trading on Friday, reaching $29.77. The stock had a trading volume of 272,063 shares, compared to its average volume of 708,750. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 1.64. Kennametal has a 52 week low of $22.43 and a 52 week high of $32.18. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 2.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46.

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.04. Kennametal had a net margin of 5.34% and a return on equity of 9.17%. The business had revenue of $481.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $485.26 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.41 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Kennametal will post 1.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Kennametal Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.69%. Kennametal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 58.39%.

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.