Kennametal Inc Valuation – August 2018 $KMT

Company Profile (excerpt from Reuters): Kennametal Inc. (Kennametal), incorporated on June 25, 1943, is a supplier of tooling, engineered components and materials consumed in production processes. The Company operates through two segments: Industrial and Infrastructure. The Company provides wear-resistant products, application engineering and services backed by material science serving customers across diverse sectors of industrial production, transportation, earthworks, energy, construction, process industries and aerospace. Kennametal solutions are built across technology platforms, including precision-engineered metalworking tools and components, surface technologies and earth cutting tools that are mission-critical to customer operations battling conditions associated with wear fatigue, corrosion and high temperatures.

 

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ModernGraham Valuation of KMT – August 2018

Stage 1: Is this company suitable for the Defensive Investor or the Enterprising Investor?

What kind of Intelligent Investor are you?

Defensive Investor; must pass 6 out of the following 7 tests.
1. Adequate Size of the Enterprise Market Cap > $2Bil $3,272,088,191 Pass
2. Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition Current Ratio > 2 1.74 Fail
3. Earnings Stability Positive EPS for 10 years prior Fail
4. Dividend Record Dividend Payments for 10 years prior Pass
5. Earnings Growth Increase of 33% in EPS in past 10 years using 3 year averages at beginning and end -14.51% Fail
6. Moderate PEmg Ratio PEmg < 20 35.65 Fail
7. Moderate Price to Assets PB Ratio < 2.5 OR PB*PEmg < 50 2.62 Fail
Enterprising Investor; must pass 4 out of the following 5 tests, or be suitable for the Defensive Investor.
1. Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition Current Ratio > 1.5 1.74 Pass
2. Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition Debt to NCA < 1.1 0.90 Pass
3. Earnings Stability Positive EPS for 5 years prior Fail
4. Dividend Record Currently Pays Dividend Pass
5. Earnings Growth EPSmg greater than 5 years ago Pass

 

Stage 2: Determination of Intrinsic Value

EPSmg $1.09
MG Growth Estimate 15.00%
MG Value $41.94
Opinion Fairly Valued
MG Grade C+
MG Value based on 3% Growth $15.80
MG Value based on 0% Growth $9.26
Market Implied Growth Rate 13.57%
Current Price $38.83
% of Intrinsic Value 92.59%

Kennametal Inc. is suitable for the Enterprising Investor but not the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio, insufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years, and the high PEmg and PB ratios. The Enterprising Investor is only concerned with the lack of earnings stability over the last five years. As a result, all Enterprising Investors following the ModernGraham approach should feel comfortable proceeding with the analysis.

As for a valuation, the company appears to be Fairly Valued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $0.15 in 2015 to an estimated $1.09 for 2019. This level of demonstrated earnings growth supports the market’s implied estimate of 13.57% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. As a result, the ModernGraham valuation model, based on the Benjamin Graham value investing formula, returns an estimate of intrinsic value within a margin of safety relative to the price.

At the time of valuation, further research into Kennametal Inc. revealed the company was trading above its Graham Number of $31.63. The company pays a dividend of $0.8 per share, for a yield of 2.1%, putting it among the best dividend paying stocks today. Its PEmg (price over earnings per share – ModernGraham) was 35.65, which was above the industry average of 29.32. Finally, the company was trading above its Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) of $-1.8.

Kennametal Inc. receives an average overall rating in the ModernGraham grading system, scoring a C+.

Stage 3: Information for Further Research

Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) -$1.80
Graham Number $31.63
PEmg 35.65
Current Ratio 1.74
PB Ratio 2.62
Current Dividend $0.80
Dividend Yield 2.06%
Number of Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth 0

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Most Recent Balance Sheet Figures

Balance Sheet Information 6/1/2018
Total Current Assets $1,546,166,000
Total Current Liabilities $886,531,000
Long-Term Debt $591,505,000
Total Assets $2,925,737,000
Intangible Assets $478,270,000
Total Liabilities $1,695,410,000
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 83,038,000

Earnings Per Share History

EPS History
Next Fiscal Year Estimate $3.04
Jun2018 $2.42
Jun2017 $0.61
Jun2016 -$2.83
Jun2015 -$4.71
Jun2014 $1.99
Jun2013 $2.52
Jun2012 $3.77
Jun2011 $2.76
Jun2010 $0.57
Jun2009 -$1.64
Jun2008 $2.15
Jun2007 $2.22
Jun2006 $3.24
Jun2005 $1.57
Jun2004 $1.01
Jun2003 $0.26
Jun2002 -$3.40
Jun2001 $0.87
Jun2000 $0.85
Jun1999 $0.66

Earnings Per Share – ModernGraham History

EPSmg History
Next Fiscal Year Estimate $1.09
Jun2018 -$0.09
Jun2017 -$1.06
Jun2016 -$1.21
Jun2015 $0.15
Jun2014 $2.50
Jun2013 $2.36
Jun2012 $2.03
Jun2011 $1.18
Jun2010 $0.69
Jun2009 $1.01
Jun2008 $2.23
Jun2007 $2.07
Jun2006 $1.51
Jun2005 $0.45
Jun2004 -$0.10
Jun2003 -$0.49

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