← BackKENNAMETAL INC · Machine Tools, Metal Cutting TypesKMT
Low riskNext report: In 7 days (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Sales up 43% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 2.6% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (196 bought, 131 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater), Cathie Wood (ARK Invest)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$29.77+1.1% that day
- Company value
- $2.3B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 6.7x
- You pay about $7 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.96x
- Company value is 0.96 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 2.7%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 4%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 26%
- Debt as a share of company value
From KMT's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26 (worked out from yearly totals)$736.6M+43% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $2.4B, up 20% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 0.9% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.7.8%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.45x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.5.0%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.8 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$119.4M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-7.2% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.30.4%
- Revenue
- $2.0B
- -3.9% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +0.9%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $597.2M
- 0.45x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.55x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $736.6M
- +42.6% YoY
- EPS
- $2.93
- vs $0.29
- Op. margin
- 41.1%
- +35.0 pts
- Gross margin
- 58.9%
- +30.7 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$96.9M
- Share count
- +0.3%
- vs a year ago
Some values are worked out from year-to-date totals in the annual report.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 4.5
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+2.6%Institutions added 2.6% to their holdings. 196 bought, 131 sold.
Shares held by institutions80.3M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-1.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
287 monthsDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.4x · $685.3M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
76MNext reportIn 7 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 6
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedNov 5, 2025
- Results filedAug 6, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Option exerciseJudith L BacchusVice President
20,364 shares at $31.67 · $645K
- +130% of holdings
- Now owns 36,085 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseClark David BersagliniVice President
25,321 shares at $31.67 · $802K
- +88% of holdings
- Now owns 53,952 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseSanjay ChowbeyPresident and CEO
44,712 shares at $31.67 · $1.4M
- +18% of holdings
- Now owns 291,551 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseFaisal HamadiVice President
20,695 shares at $31.67 · $655K
- +96% of holdings
- Now owns 42,335 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseMichelle R KeatingVice President
21,378 shares at $31.67 · $677K
- +85% of holdings
- Now owns 46,650 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseCarlonda R. ReillyVice President
18,065 shares at $31.67 · $572K
- +41% of holdings
- Now owns 61,818 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes