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KMT vs. FELE, LECO, BC, DOV, ITT, ITW, PH, TEX, TKR, and URI

Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Brunswick (BC), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), Timken (TKR), and United Rentals (URI).

Kennametal vs. Its Competitors

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

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Franklin Electric presently has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. Kennametal has a consensus target price of $25.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Kennametal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kennametal
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.85% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 5.45%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.08% beat Kennametal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72%
Kennametal 5.45%9.12%4.72%

Franklin Electric has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.06$180.31M$3.8223.79
Kennametal$2.05B0.91$109.32M$1.3917.59

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennametal pays out 57.6% 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.

In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 5 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Franklin Electric and 4 mentions for Kennametal. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Kennametal's score of 0.05 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KMT vs. The Competition

MetricKennametalMACH TLS&RL PRD IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.86B$10.36B$7.55B$20.66B
Dividend Yield3.24%2.29%4.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio17.5918.2325.1327.83
Price / Sales0.911.75113.4256.10
Price / Cash7.6413.8726.5417.94
Price / Book1.493.244.404.60
Net Income$109.32M$381.52M$791.65M$989.58M
7 Day Performance3.66%5.58%1.26%1.16%
1 Month Performance11.91%10.75%5.81%5.49%
1 Year Performance1.51%-0.10%28.18%10.60%

Kennametal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMT
Kennametal
2.3319 of 5 stars
$24.45
-1.0%
$25.40
+3.9%
+2.6%$1.86B$2.05B17.598,447
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3909 of 5 stars
$91.33
-1.8%
$94.00
+2.9%
-7.3%$4.24B$2.02B23.916,300Positive News
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.7793 of 5 stars
$217.71
+0.7%
$206.40
-5.2%
+13.1%$12.07B$4.01B26.8412,000Positive News
BC
Brunswick
4.6373 of 5 stars
$58.21
-2.1%
$70.00
+20.3%
-21.5%$3.90B$5.09B48.1115,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DOV
Dover
4.7925 of 5 stars
$187.30
-0.7%
$206.50
+10.3%
+2.4%$25.86B$7.75B11.2824,000Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
3.8697 of 5 stars
$158.84
-1.4%
$165.50
+4.2%
+17.0%$12.68B$3.63B25.2511,700Analyst Forecast
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6316 of 5 stars
$254.70
-1.5%
$252.58
-0.8%
+5.6%$75.74B$15.90B22.4044,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3313 of 5 stars
$706.20
-1.8%
$719.41
+1.9%
+32.9%$91.89B$19.93B27.1961,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
4.3834 of 5 stars
$49.11
-1.4%
$51.40
+4.7%
-4.7%$3.30B$5.13B13.3811,400
TKR
Timken
4.5248 of 5 stars
$75.55
-1.5%
$79.00
+4.6%
-6.3%$5.36B$4.57B16.2819,000News Coverage
URI
United Rentals
4.3857 of 5 stars
$783.16
-1.2%
$766.23
-2.2%
+19.8%$51.51B$15.35B20.2827,900Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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