Kennametal (KMT) Competitors

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer KMT or FELE?

Kennametal currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Given Kennametal's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kennametal	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.63
Franklin Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer KMT or FELE?

In the previous week, Kennametal had 7 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kennametal and 6 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Kennametal's score of 1.07 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kennametal	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franklin Electric	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KMT or FELE?

Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kennametal	$1.97B	0.83	$93.12M	$1.20	18.00
Franklin Electric	$2.06B	2.15	$180.31M	$3.87	25.74

Is KMT or FELE more profitable?

Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 4.73%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.05% beat Kennametal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kennametal	4.73%	8.09%	4.19%
Franklin Electric	8.71%	14.05%	9.47%

Is KMT or FELE a better dividend stock?

Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kennametal pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KMT or FELE?

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kennametal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, KMT or FELE?

Kennametal has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Franklin Electric beats Kennametal on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.