KMT vs. FLS, VMI, TKR, ESE, MWA, NPO, KAI, AIN, SXI, and TNC
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Flowserve (FLS), Valmont Industries (VMI), Timken (TKR), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Enpro (NPO), Kadant (KAI), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), and Tennant (TNC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kennametal vs.
Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kennametal pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 39.3% 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. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Flowserve has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowserve, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowserve has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 4.76%. Flowserve's return on equity of 17.08% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
Kennametal currently has a consensus price target of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 21.42%. Flowserve has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.32%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Kennametal.
Flowserve received 165 more outperform votes than Kennametal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.41% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kennametal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Flowserve shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Flowserve had 20 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Flowserve and 5 mentions for Kennametal. Kennametal's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Flowserve's score of 1.27 indicating that Kennametal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kennametal has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Flowserve beats Kennametal on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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