---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055242-24-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMT"
cik: "0000055242"
company_name: "KENNAMETAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:56:34.880471+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kennametal Q4 EPS $0.47, FY24 adj EPS $1.50; new $200M buyback; FY25 guide adj EPS $1.30-1.70

## Summary
- Q4 EPS $0.47 (adj $0.49) vs $0.45 (adj $0.51) prior year; FY24 EPS $1.37 (adj $1.50) vs $1.46 (adj $1.52).
- Q4 sales $543M (-1% YoY); FY sales $2,047M (-2% YoY); cash from ops $277M, highest % of sales in 25 years.
- Returned $129M to shareholders in FY24: $65.4M buybacks (completed initial $200M program) and $63.4M dividends; new $200M buyback program for FY25.
- FY25 guidance: Q1 sales $480-500M, adj EPS $0.20-0.30; FY sales $2.0-2.1B, adj EPS $1.30-1.70; FOCF >125% adj net income.
- Restructuring savings $21M in FY24; tornado charges $4M at Rogers, AR facility; insurance claim pending.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055242-24-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMT
- cik: 0000055242
- company_name: KENNAMETAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524224000050/0000055242-24-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524224000050/kmt-20240807.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-24-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-24-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-24-000050.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.