Kennametal Inc vs Stanley Black & Decker Inc

Kennametal Inc (KMT) is undervalued and Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) is slightly overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, KMT trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +59%, against -19% for SWK.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Kennametal Inc (KMT)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $72.76; the price of $29.60 is 59% below that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $77.17; the price of $92.13 is 19% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricKMTSWK
VerdictUndervaluedSlightly overvalued
Price$29.60$92.13
Intrinsic value$72.76$77.17
Margin of safety+59%-19%
Leak Score100/100 (3/12)0/100 (2/12)
Market cap$2.3B$13.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years5.1%3.0%
Operating margin20.4%9.2%
Net margin14.5%4.1%
Return on equity24.0%6.9%
Debt to equity0.490.53
P/E6.7x22.5x
Forward P/E12.0x14.4x
P/B1.4x1.6x
Dividend yield4.4%3.6%

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