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Kennametal Inc. KMT

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$2.4B
▲ 19.8% YoY
$342.4M
▲ 267.7% YoY
$-80.9M
▼ 167.8% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

Kennametal produces a standard and custom range of metal cutting and wear application products, including turning, milling, hole making, tooling systems and services, as well as specialized wear components and metallurgical powders. Its expertise includes the development and application of tungsten carbides, ceramics, super-hard materials and solutions used in metal cutting and extreme wear applications. During 2026, the Company generated 57 percent of its consolidated sales in markets outside of the United States, with principal international operations in Western Europe, China and India. The Company employed 8,073 people, including approximately 8,050 full-time employees, as of June 30, 2026, with approximately 2,500 located in the United States and 5,600 in other parts of the world, principally Germany, India and China. Kennametal operates in two segments: Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. The Metal Cutting segment manufactures tooling and metal cutting products and services, offering standard and custom metal cutting solutions to end markets including General Engineering, Transportation, Aerospace & Defense and Energy. The Company was founded based on a tungsten carbide technology breakthrough in 1938 and was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1943 as a manufacturer of tungsten carbide metal cutting tooling.

Written from the business description in KENNAMETAL INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 August 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 2.4B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 2.4 · Net income 0.3
1.0B2.0B-0.1B-0.3B
2008201120142017202020232025
Compound annual growth
+4.3%
+5.1%
+1.2%
−0.1%
+42.4%
+44.5%
+2.7%
+44.7%
+46.7%
+3.2%
+0.0%
+0.0%
+0.0%
−14.6%
+1.2%
+1.0%
−2.1%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +5.1% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +44.5%, earnings per share at +46.7%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

15 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 20.1% · Net 14.9%
10%20%-5%-10%
200820162025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 24.0%
10%20%-10%-20%
200820162025
Three returns, three denominators.

Each USD of equity produced 24 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 71.0M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF -80.9
100M200M-100M-200M
200820162025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 60.8 · Net buybacks 10.1
100M200M-50M-100MDividendsNet buybacks
2008201120142017202020232025

USD 60.8M in dividends and USD 10.1M in buybacks — 21% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 3.2B
EquityUSD 1.6B
CashUSD 95.8M
Gross debtUSD 685.3M
Net debtUSD 589.5M
Current ratio2.62×

Net debt stands at 38% of equity.

The 18-year record

18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
KMT, 18-year financial record
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Revenue $B2.42.02.02.12.01.81.92.42.42.12.12.62.82.62.72.41.92.0
Operating income $B0.50.10.20.20.20.10.00.30.30.1−0.2−0.40.30.30.40.30.1−0.1
EBITDA $B0.60.30.30.30.30.20.10.40.40.2−0.1−0.20.40.40.50.40.2−0.0
Income tax $B0.10.00.00.00.10.00.00.10.10.00.0−0.00.10.10.10.10.0−0.0
Net income $B0.30.10.10.10.10.1−0.00.20.20.0−0.2−0.40.20.20.30.20.0−0.1
Free cash flow $B−0.10.10.20.2−0.30.1−0.00.10.10.10.10.30.20.20.20.10.10.1
EPS, diluted $4.421.201.371.461.720.65−0.072.902.420.61−2.83−4.711.992.523.772.760.57−1.64
Dividend / sh $0.800.800.800.800.800.800.800.800.800.800.800.720.72◌◌◌◌◌
Payout %1866585446123−11712733131−28−153625141785−30
ROE %24.07.48.79.411.24.3−0.419.118.15.0−19.6−22.88.511.918.715.63.6−9.4

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 88 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of the 18 fiscal years we could check. Two checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2008. One check was skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2008. One check was skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2008.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityMachine Tools, Metal Cutting Types
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inPennsylvania
Fiscal year endsJune 30
Data on record since2008

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