Kennametal Inc.

Kennametal Inc. engages in development and application of tungsten carbides, ceramics, and super-hard materials and solutions for use in metal cutting and extreme wear applications to enable customers work against corrosion and high temperatures conditions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. It offers standard and custom products, including turning, milling, hole making, tooling systems, and services, as well as specialized wear components and metallurgical powders for manufacturers engaged in various industries, such as the manufacturers of transportation vehicles and components, machine tools, and light and heavy machinery; airframe and aerospace components; and energy-related components for the oil and gas industry, as well as power generation. The company also provides specified product design, selection, application, and support services; and standard and custom metal cutting solutions to aerospace, general engineering, energy, and transportation customers. In addition, it produces compacts, nozzles, frac seats, and custom components used in oil and gas, and petrochemical industries; rod blanks and abrasive water jet nozzles for general industries; earth cutting tools and systems used in underground mining, trenching and foundation drilling, and road milling; tungsten carbide powders for the oil and gas, aerospace, and process industries; and ceramics used by the packaging industry for metallization of films and papers. It provides its products under the Kennametal, WIDIA, WIDIA Hanita, and WIDIA GTD brands through its direct sales force; a network of independent and national distributors; integrated supplier channels; and through the Internet. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Kennametal Inc. trades as KMT on NYSE. The company is classified in Industrials / Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $1.97B of revenue and $93.13M of net income.

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Kennametal Inc. can be compared against peers such as ArcBest Corporation, Cadre Holdings, Inc., CECO Environmental Corp., Energizer Holdings, Inc., Helios Technologies, Inc., Hillman Solutions Corp..

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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $2.49B, beta of 1.37, and return on equity of +7.3%.

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KMT currently shows total debt of $643.36M and beta of 1.37. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: 4 (2026-06-03 00:00:00), 8-K (2026-06-02 00:00:00), 8-K (2026-05-28 00:00:00), 4/A (2026-05-28 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.kennametal.com

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