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Kennametal Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Kennametal Inc had return on equity of 24.0%, an operating margin of 20.1%, debt equal to 43.7% of equity and a current ratio of 2.62. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Jun 20102011Jun 20112012Jun 20122013Jun 20132014Jun 20142015Jun 20152016Jun 20162017Jun 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jun 20212022Jun 20222023Jun 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026
Gross margin33.3%36.8%36.3%32.6%31.6%30.4%29.4%31.3%34.6%35.0%28.1%30.0%32.2%31.1%30.6%30.4%41.2%
Operating margin4.9%13.4%15.2%11.4%9.3%−13.5%−8.3%4.6%12.3%13.8%1.2%5.5%10.8%9.3%8.3%7.3%20.1%
Net margin2.5%9.6%11.2%7.8%5.6%−14.1%−10.8%2.4%8.5%10.2%−0.3%3.0%7.2%5.7%5.3%4.7%14.5%
Free-cash-flow margin5.7%6.1%6.8%7.8%5.4%9.5%5.3%3.8%4.5%3.7%−1.1%5.9%−13.8%7.9%8.3%6.1%−3.4%
Return on equity3.5%15.6%18.0%11.4%8.5%−22.8%−19.6%5.0%18.1%19.1%−0.4%4.3%11.2%9.4%8.7%7.4%24.0%
Return on assets2.0%9.1%10.6%6.4%4.4%−11.1%−8.7%2.1%7.5%8.7%−0.2%1.9%5.5%4.6%4.3%3.7%12.0%
Asset turnover0.830.960.950.820.790.790.810.860.890.850.660.650.770.810.810.780.83
Current ratio2.331.533.213.212.712.612.522.411.742.581.602.302.112.372.412.462.62
Debt to equity24.2%18.9%41.0%39.7%51.3%55.3%72.6%68.8%83.5%44.8%48.6%45.0%47.8%46.9%47.9%46.7%43.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.7x14.1x15.3x10.8x8.1xn/mn/m3.3x9.7x10.0x0.6x2.2x8.4x6.8x6.4x5.7x16.5x
Effective tax rate35.2%21.6%20.3%22.4%29.1%——36.5%25.4%20.4%—9.7%27.3%22.7%21.3%25.2%24.0%
R&D as % of revenue1.5%1.4%1.4%1.5%1.6%1.7%1.9%1.8%1.6%1.6%2.1%2.1%2.1%2.1%2.2%2.3%1.8%
SG&A as % of revenue——————————————21.2%21.9%20.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.0%3.5%3.8%3.2%4.1%3.8%5.3%5.7%7.2%8.9%13.0%6.9%4.8%4.5%5.3%4.5%3.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income233.0%64.1%60.7%99.0%97.6%——157.4%53.1%36.4%—199.1%−192.5%138.1%155.1%128.2%−23.6%
Dividends ÷ net income84.7%17.3%14.2%25.1%35.6%——130.5%32.5%27.2%—122.6%46.0%54.5%58.0%66.4%17.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow36.6%66.3%59.2%85.6%45.7%22.9%57.3%83.3%61.4%74.8%—61.8%—69.6%76.1%102.2%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.2bn
Short-term assets $1.8bnLonger-term assets $1.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.1bn
Short-term liabilities $677mLonger-term liabilities $877mShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $677m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.8bn short-term assets against $877m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $96m of cash against $685m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 44% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 45% to 44% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$4m of operating cash flow against $685m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $473m against $29m of interest.

From Kennametal Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Kennametal's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 5 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 10 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 31.5%, moving by 3.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 3 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.8%; its worst year was 1.2%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 4.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 8.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Kennametal Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Kennametal Inc.