Growth Metrics

Kennametal (KMT) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Kennametal has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.09% for Q4 2025, changed 0.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.09% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.07%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Kennametal, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for KMT hit a ceiling of 0.19% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 0.02% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.1% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: increased 14bps in 2021 and later dropped -9bps in 2023.
  • Kennametal's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.11% in 2021, then increased by 3bps to 0.12% in 2022, then dropped by -2bps to 0.11% in 2023, then fell by -21bps to 0.09% in 2024, then grew by 2bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.07% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.