KMT vs. FELE, LECO, MIDD, BC, DOV, ITT, ITW, PH, TEX, and TKR
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Middleby (MIDD), Brunswick (BC), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), and Timken (TKR).
Kennametal vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
Franklin Electric currently has a consensus target price of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.09%. Kennametal has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.66%. Given Franklin Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Kennametal.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kennametal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennametal pays out 66.7% 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 increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Kennametal had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kennametal and 0 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kennametal'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Franklin Electric beats Kennametal on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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