Kennametal PE ratio KMT

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 6.7×
9-year median: 18.0×
Against its 9-year history: 0th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 6.7× to 349×
Peer median: 24.0×

Kennametal's PE ratio is 6.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $29.46 against $4.40 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 9-year median of 18.0×, lower than on 100% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.7× in Sep 2026 to 349× in May 2021.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 24.0×.

PE ratio over time

median 18×

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	6.7×	6.7×	28.3×
2025	24.0×	14.6×	24.0×
2024	18.9×	15.7×	23.0×
2023	17.4×	15.4×	19.6×
2022	14.8×	12.0×	27.8×
2021	27.0×	26.2×	349×
2020	39.7×	10.0×	39.7×
2019	16.1×	9.6×	16.3×
2018	12.5×	12.4×	38.5×
2017	35.9×	32.4×	78.0×
2016	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2015	15.7×	15.7×	17.8×
2014	18.1×	16.9×	22.5×
2013	21.4×	11.7×	21.4×
2012	11.4×	8.4×	13.9×
2011	11.4×	10.6×	14.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest Kennametal's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
KMTKennametal	6.7×
HLIOHelios Technologies	30.8×
GRCGorman Rupp	31.1×
HAYWHayward	17.1×
SPBSpectrum Brands	24.4×
EPACEnerpac Tool	20.2×
SXIStandex International	27.8×
KAIKadant	28.2×
ENREnergizer	19.1×
CXTCrane NXT	23.5×
MWAMueller Water Products	15.8×
Peer median	24.0×

Where Kennametal ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.