Kennametal Inc [KMT] stock prices are up 0.32% to $21.67 at the moment. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The KMT shares have gain 4.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -12.87%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Kennametal Inc [NYSE: KMT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 15, 2025, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $21 for it. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on December 06, 2024, and dropped its price target to $32. On October 18, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform but maintained its price target of $26 on the stock. Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and suggested a price target of $24 on January 08, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to a Sell and reduced its price target to $19 on July 08, 2022. Loop Capital downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on April 06, 2022, and downed its price target to $29. In a note dated March 28, 2022, JP Morgan downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $37 to $31.
The stock price of Kennametal Inc [KMT] has been fluctuating between $17.30 and $32.18 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $25 within the next 12 months. Kennametal Inc [NYSE: KMT] shares were valued at $21.67 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.37% based on the average KMT price forecast.
Analyzing the KMT fundamentals
The Kennametal Inc [NYSE:KMT] reported sales of 1.97B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -4.94%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.47.
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 21.42 points at the first support level, and at 21.17 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 21.85, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 22.04.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Kennametal Inc [NYSE:KMT]’s Current Ratio is 2.46. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.19, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.33. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.84, the price to book ratio is 1.28 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.12.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Chowbey Sanjay, President and CEO, that happened on Feb 11 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were purchased. Vice President, Cardenas Franklin completed a deal on Dec 04 ’24 to sell 20470.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Cardenas Franklin bought 20470.0 shares on Dec 04 ’24.
