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$19.54 +0.06 (+0.32%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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KMT vs. VMI, FLS, GTLS, TKR, MWA, ESE, KAI, NPO, B, and AIN

Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Valmont Industries (VMI), Flowserve (FLS), Chart Industries (GTLS), Timken (TKR), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), Barnes Group (B), and Albany International (AIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Kennametal vs.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) 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 risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kennametal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valmont Industries has a net margin of 8.55% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 4.76%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.15% beat Kennametal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valmont Industries8.55% 23.15% 10.04%
Kennametal 4.76%8.12%4.21%

Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennametal pays out 65.6% 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.

Valmont Industries presently has a consensus price target of $362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. Kennametal has a consensus price target of $25.20, suggesting a potential upside of 28.95%. Given Kennametal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Valmont Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valmont Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Kennametal
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valmont Industries$4.07B1.48$143.48M$17.1817.43
Kennametal$2.02B0.75$109.32M$1.2216.02

In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 26 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Valmont Industries and 15 mentions for Kennametal. Kennametal's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Valmont Industries' score of 0.90 indicating that Kennametal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valmont Industries
18 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kennametal
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kennametal received 97 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Valmont IndustriesOutperform Votes
345
63.54%
Underperform Votes
198
36.46%
KennametalOutperform Votes
442
54.64%
Underperform Votes
367
45.36%

Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Valmont Industries beats Kennametal on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KMT vs. The Competition

MetricKennametalMachine tools, metal cutting type IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.51B$1.51B$7.20B$18.96B
Dividend Yield4.12%4.12%3.56%4.01%
P/E Ratio16.0216.0221.0232.87
Price / Sales0.750.7581.7628.03
Price / Cash7.017.0126.9017.52
Price / Book1.201.203.754.47
Net Income$109.32M$109.32M$808.20M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.75%-0.75%4.07%0.73%
1 Month Performance-8.62%-8.62%2.73%-2.62%
1 Year Performance-17.58%-17.58%15.20%4.59%

Kennametal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMT
Kennametal
4.0345 of 5 stars
$19.54
+0.3%
$25.20
+29.0%
-17.6%$1.51B$2.02B16.028,730Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
VMI
Valmont Industries
4.0472 of 5 stars
$270.06
-2.8%
$361.50
+33.9%
+44.1%$5.42B$4.08B15.7211,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
FLS
Flowserve
4.6066 of 5 stars
$40.53
-2.9%
$64.30
+58.6%
-2.4%$5.34B$4.56B18.9416,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
GTLS
Chart Industries
4.0096 of 5 stars
$118.80
-7.5%
$201.42
+69.5%
+4.4%$5.34B$4.16B34.435,180Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TKR
Timken
4.7633 of 5 stars
$60.27
-1.9%
$81.91
+35.9%
-26.5%$4.22B$4.57B12.0819,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MWA
Mueller Water Products
3.7566 of 5 stars
$24.25
-3.1%
$25.80
+6.4%
+67.1%$3.80B$1.36B28.203,600Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
ESE
ESCO Technologies
1.8933 of 5 stars
$146.81
-2.9%
$182.50
+24.3%
+58.6%$3.79B$1.06B34.462,920Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
KAI
Kadant
2.5787 of 5 stars
$286.03
-6.3%
$355.00
+24.1%
+12.7%$3.37B$1.05B30.173,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
NPO
Enpro
4.6533 of 5 stars
$137.63
-4.6%
$202.50
+47.1%
+2.6%$2.90B$1.05B39.784,400Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
B
Barnes Group
1.1518 of 5 stars
$47.48
flat
$47.67
+0.4%
N/A$2.42B$1.45B-61.665,200News Coverage
AIN
Albany International
4.569 of 5 stars
$62.72
-1.1%
$80.40
+28.2%
-23.7%$1.94B$1.23B19.604,100Earnings Report
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KMT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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