Kennametal Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
KMT · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 55 days, change +1 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue -3.9%, CFFO -24.8%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 4.6% vs COGS -3.6%. Normal
CapEx growth -17.3% vs revenue -3.9%. Normal
Insufficient data
Gross margin 30.4%, change -0.2pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 2.24. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 1.28
Accruals ratio = -4.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 22% of debt $0.6B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B = 27% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 2.2x. Healthy
Other assets grew 102.3% vs revenue -3.9%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -1% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25