Kennametal (KMT) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.48
- Estimate
- $2.65
- Surprise
- +31.3%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $768.2M
- Score today
- 6.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Kennametal (KMT) beat the $2.65 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.48 — a large 31.3% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Kennametal Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KMT Hold at 6.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +31.3% surprise compares with a +24.6% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: non-U.S. markets (57.0%)
- Earnings expected to decline ~69% (cyclical peak)
- Thin upside margin: 4.0%
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $26.28
- Price target
- $27.34
- Stop
- $24.60
- Upside to target
- +4.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (11.3× forward vs 3.5× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Risk check: RSI 28 — a level conventionally read as oversold; trading volume is running 3.1× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KMT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Tools & Accessories
- Market cap
- $2.01B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 3.5
- 52-week range
- $24.00–$43.81
- Off 52-week high
- 40.0%
- RSI (14)
- 28
- Volume vs avg
- 3.11×
- Score today
- 6.9/10