Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT) saw a downside of -0.16% to close Friday at $24.41 after subtracting -$0.04 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 518,580 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $25.75 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 628,005 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 690,786.
KMT’s 1-month performance is -7.33% or -$1.67 on its low of $24.34 reached on 09/22/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $20.21 and high of $30.60, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/31/23. YTD, KMT has achieved 1.45% or $0.35 and has reached a new high 17 times. However, the current price is down -20.23% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
KMT stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Sep 14.Davis Cindy L (Director) most recently sold 11,431 shares at $25.50 per share on Sep 14. This transaction cost the insider $291,513. Director, Harvey William J., sold 1,215 shares at a price of $25.50 on Sep 14. Then, on Mar 09, Vice President Witt John Wayne sold 800 shares at a price of $29.61 per share. This transaction amounted to $23,692.
Valuation Metrics
KMT stock has a beta of 1.90. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.94 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.53, with the price to cash flow ratio at 11.90.
Kennametal Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.08, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.37. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.49, while the total debt to equity was 0.50. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 30.50%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $646.44 million against revenue of $2.08 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income shrunk -14.49% to $36.43 million, while revenue of $31.94 million was 12.33% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected KMT to announce $0.59 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.45, representing a -23.70% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $88.77 million. KMT stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 1.23 billion, with total debt at $639.42 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $79.71 million.
Let’s look briefly at Kennametal Inc. (KMT) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 September was 24.14% to suggest the stock is trending oversold, with historical volatility in this time period at 11.42%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $24.82, reflecting a -3.71% or -$0.94 change from its current price. KMT is currently trading -5.75% above its 20-day SMA, -6.94% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -17.06% and SMA200 by-5.50%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 4.05% and 6.20% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.53. The RSI (14) points at 29.69%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 3.55% with the period’s ATR at 0.57. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.50 and -0.73 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT), UBS downgraded it to a Sell rating. They previously had a Neutral rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for KMT stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Underweight. Currently, 3 brokerage advisors rate KMT as a “sell,”, while 3 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 1 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is KMT’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $20.00 and a high of $35.00, with their median price target at $28.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Kennametal Inc. (KMT) stock is $28.00.
