Growth Metrics

Kennametal (KMT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Kennametal has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 7.82% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 7.82%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 7.82%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 6.81%, 126.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 7.82% at Kennametal, up from 6.77% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.36% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 2.6% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 8.09% and a median of 8.29% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 821bps in 2021 and later tumbled -169bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.21% in 2021, then rose by 6bps to 9.74% in 2022, then decreased by -12bps to 8.61% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 7.84% in 2024, then dropped by 0bps to 7.82% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for KMT at 7.82% in Q4 2025, 6.77% in Q3 2025, and 6.83% in Q2 2025.