Kennametal (KMT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kennametal's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 13.4% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 435.0% year-over-year to 13.4%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.41% (up 72.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 7.28%, down 104.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 13.4% for Q1 2026 at Kennametal, up from 9.94% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 13.4% in Q1 2026 to a low of 5.75% in Q4 2023.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 8.96% across 5 years, with a median of 9.16% in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Operating Margin tumbled 523 bps in 2025, then soared 435 bps in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.14% in 2022, then dropped by 19 bps to 5.75% in 2023, then advanced by 14 bps to 6.57% in 2024, then surged by 51 bps to 9.94% in 2025, then jumped by 35 bps to 13.4% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 13.4% (Q1 2026), 9.94% (Q4 2025), and 7.54% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.