Compare · DE vs KMT
DE vs KMT
Side-by-side comparison of Deere & Company (DE) and Kennametal Inc. (KMT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both DE and KMT operate in Industrial Machinery/Components (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- DE is the larger of the two at $179.91B, about 74.4x KMT ($2.42B).
- Over the past year, DE is up 50.3% and KMT is up 48.5% - DE leads by 1.9 points.
- KMT has hit the wire 6 times in the past 4 weeks while DE has been quiet.
- DE has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 15 for KMT).
- Company
- Deere & Company
- Kennametal Inc.
- Price
- $686.92+2.93%
- $32.59+2.92%
- Market cap
- $179.91B
- $2.42B
- 1M return
- -1.63%
- +10.61%
- 1Y return
- +50.31%
- +48.45%
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery/Components
- Industrial Machinery/Components
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 0
- 6
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 15
Deere & Company
Deere & Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes various equipment worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment provides various agriculture and turf equipment, and related service parts, including large, medium, and utility tractors; tractor loaders; combines, cotton pickers, cotton strippers, and sugarcane harvesters; harvesting front-end equipment; sugarcane loaders and pull-behind scrapers; tillage, seeding, and application equipment comprising sprayers, nutrient management, and soil preparation machinery; self-propelled forage harvesters and attachments, balers, and mowers; riding lawn equipment, golf course equipment, utility vehicles, and commercial mowing equipment along with associated implements; integrated agricultural solutions and precision technologies; and other outdoor power products. The Construction and Forestry segment offers a range of machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, road building, material handling, and timber harvesting, including backhoe loaders; crawler dozers and loaders; four-wheel-drive loaders; excavators; motor graders; articulated dump trucks; landscape loaders; skid-steer loaders; milling machines; recyclers; slipform pavers; surface miners; asphalt pavers; compactors; tandem and static rollers; mobile crushers and screens; mobile and stationary asphalt plants; log skidders; feller bunchers; log loaders; log forwarders; and log harvesters and related logging attachments. The Financial Services segment finances sales and leases agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equipment. It also offers wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment; and extended equipment warranties, as well as finances retail revolving charge accounts. Deere & Company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.
Kennametal Inc.
Kennametal Inc. develops and applies tungsten carbides, ceramics, and super-hard materials and solutions for use in metal cutting and extreme wear applications to enable customers work against corrosion and high temperatures conditions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Widia, and Infrastructure. The company offers standard and custom products, including turning, milling, hole making, tooling systems, and services, as well as specialized wear components and metallurgical powders for manufacturers engaged in various industries, such as the manufacturers of transportation vehicles and components, machine tools, and light and heavy machinery; airframe and aerospace components; and energy-related components for the oil and gas industry, as well as power generation. It also provides specified product design, selection, application, and support services; and standard and custom metal cutting solutions to general engineering, aerospace, energy, and transportation customers. In addition, the company produces compacts, nozzles, frac seats, and custom components used in oil and gas, and petrochemical industries; rod blanks and abrasive water jet nozzles for general industries; earth cutting tools and systems used in underground mining, trenching and foundation drilling, and road milling; tungsten carbide and specialty alloy powders for the oil and gas, aerospace, and process industries; and ceramics used by the packaging industry for metallization of films and papers. It provides its products under the Kennametal, WIDIA, WIDIA Hanita, and WIDIA GTD brands through its direct sales force; a network of independent and national chain distributors; integrated supplier channels; and value added resellers, as well as through the Internet. Kennametal Inc. was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Latest DE
- Deere upgraded by Evercore ISI with a new price target
- Pres WWC&F and Pwr Systems Campbell Ryan D exercised 4,860 units of $1 Par Common Stock at a strike of $351.07 and sold $3,164,766 worth of $1 Par Common Stock (4,860 units at $651.19) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Deere upgraded by Robert W. Baird with a new price target
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Deere & Company
- Pres WWC&F and Pwr Systems Campbell Ryan D exercised 7,839 units of $1 Par Common Stock at a strike of $354.44 and sold $5,124,872 worth of $1 Par Common Stock (7,839 units at $653.77) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Deere & Company Announces Quarterly Dividend
- Pres WWC&F and Pwr Systems Campbell Ryan D exercised 23,260 units of $1 Par Common Stock at a strike of $348.25 and sold $15,146,375 worth of $1 Par Common Stock (23,260 units at $651.18) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Deere Reports Third Quarter Net Income of $1.379 Billion
- Deere & Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Sr VP & CFO Norwood Terry Brent covered exercise/tax liability with 19 units of $1 Par Common Stock, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 1,094 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
Latest KMT
- China Controls Tungsten Supply as Western Drill Programs Expand
- Tungsten Outside China Has Tripled in 2026. The U.S. Still Mines None.
- The Tungsten Squeeze Has Reached the Companies That Buy It
- Kennametal Introduces Exclusive Additive Tungsten Carbide Grade Enabling Next-Generation Metal Cutting Tools
- Kennametal Named Official Tooling Supplier for NASCAR
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Kennametal Inc.
- President and CEO Chowbey Sanjay bought $203,700 worth of shares (7,000 units at $29.10), increasing direct ownership by 3% to 246,839 units (SEC Form 4)
- Vice President Bacchus Judith L sold $293,115 worth of shares (9,676 units at $30.29), decreasing direct ownership by 38% to 15,721 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Harshman Richard J bought $151,050 worth of shares (5,000 units at $30.21) (SEC Form 4)
- Vice President Keating Michelle R sold $610,720 worth of shares (20,000 units at $30.54), decreasing direct ownership by 44% to 25,272 units (SEC Form 4)