For the quarter ended June 2025, Kennametal (KMT) reported revenue of $516.45 million, down 4.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.34, compared to $0.49 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $526.69 million, representing a surprise of -1.95%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -15%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.40.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Kennametal performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Sales- Infrastructure: $195.8 million versus $203.7 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.2% change.
- Total Sales- Metal Cutting: $320.65 million versus $322.99 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.2% change.
- Operating Income (loss)- Corporate: $-0.39 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-0.84 million.
- Operating Income- Proforma- Infrastructure: $13.31 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.28 million.
- Operating Income- Proforma- Metal Cutting: $25.33 million versus $34.27 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income (loss)- Infrastructure: $10.7 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.51 million.
- Operating Income (loss)- Metal Cutting: $21.07 million compared to the $35.66 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Kennametal have returned +5.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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