KMTKennametal Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: margins widening, but profits without cash flow.
Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.
Reports an operating profit but operating cash flow is negative, a red flag. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.
Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 12% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is KMT?
Kennametal Inc. earns 17% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 8.3 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 20%
Operating margin · Tools & Accessories median 14% · 12 months to Q4 2026
- Cash conversion
- −0.01×
Cash conversion · 1.95× a year ago · the operating profit has not turned into cash yet
- Gross margin
- 41%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5.5% |
| FY2022 | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9.3% |
| FY2024 | 8.3% |
| FY2025 | 7.3% |
| FY2026 | 20% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q4 2026
- 41%
- Operating margin12 months to Q4 2026
- 20%
- Net margin12 months to Q4 2026
- 15%
- Free cash flow margin
- −3.4%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.36B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$81M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $342M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 17%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Tools & Accessories
Ranks #3 of 6 by RyuScore