Kennametal Inc. [KMT] stock prices are up 0.55% to $23.96 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The KMT shares have lost -0.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.70%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 14, March 2024, Kennametal Appoints Sanjay Chowbey as President & CEO effective June 1, 2024; Christopher Rossi to Retire on May 31. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today that Sanjay Chowbey, currently Vice President, Kennametal Inc. and President, Metal Cutting Segment, will succeed Christopher Rossi as President & CEO. Rossi has decided to retire from the company after nearly seven years as CEO, effective May 31, 2024. Chowbey was unanimously appointed by the Board of Directors as Rossi’s successor, effective June 1, 2024.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Kennametal Inc. [NYSE: KMT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2024, when Morgan Stanley initiated its Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $24. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Sell on July 08, 2022, and dropped its price target to $19. On April 06, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold and revised its price target to $29 on the stock. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $31 on March 28, 2022. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Neutral but $45 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 27, 2021. Loop Capital started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on August 30, 2021, and assigned it a price target of $48. In a note dated February 08, 2021, UBS downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
The stock price of Kennametal Inc. [KMT] has been fluctuating between $22.08 and $30.60 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $27 within the next 12 months. Kennametal Inc. [NYSE: KMT] shares were valued at $23.96 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.69% based on the average KMT price forecast.
Analyzing the KMT fundamentals
The Kennametal Inc. [NYSE:KMT] reported sales of 2.07B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -0.36%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.31% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.52.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 23.64 points at the first support level, and at 23.31 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 24.13, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 24.29.
Kennametal Inc. [KMT] reported earnings per share of $0.3 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.25/share, meaning a difference of $0.05 and a surprise factor of 20.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.41 per share as compared to estimates of $0.35 per share, a difference of $0.06 representing a surprise of 17.10%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Kennametal Inc. [NYSE:KMT]’s Current Ratio is 2.44. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.06, while the Cash Ratio is 0.22. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.92, the price to book ratio is 1.47 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Witt John Wayne, Vice President, that happened on Mar 07 ’24 when 1000.0 shares were sold. Vice President, Witt John Wayne completed a deal on Dec 04 ’23 to sell 450.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Davis Cindy L sold 11431.0 shares on Sep 14 ’23.
