Kennametal (KMT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FLS or KMT?

93.9% of Flowserve shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flowserve shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kennametal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FLS or KMT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flowserve	$4.61B	1.48	$186.74M	$2.14	24.42
Kennametal	$1.99B	0.84	$109.32M	$1.39	15.80

Do analysts rate FLS or KMT?

Flowserve presently has a consensus price target of $64.11, indicating a potential upside of 22.66%. Kennametal has a consensus price target of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 17.47%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Kennametal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowserve	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kennametal	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Which has more risk & volatility, FLS or KMT?

Flowserve has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLS or KMT a better dividend stock?

Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Flowserve pays out 39.3% 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. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer FLS or KMT?

In the previous week, Flowserve had 3 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Flowserve and 20 mentions for Kennametal. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Kennametal's score of 0.95 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flowserve	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kennametal	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLS or KMT?

Flowserve received 166 more outperform votes than Kennametal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.48% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flowserve	Outperform Votes 608 64.48%	Underperform Votes 335 35.52%
Kennametal	Outperform Votes 442 54.50%	Underperform Votes 369 45.50%

Is FLS or KMT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowserve	6.20%	17.08%	6.62%
Kennametal	4.76%	8.12%	4.21%

Summary

Flowserve beats Kennametal on 19 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.