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KMT vs VRT
Side-by-side comparison of Kennametal Inc. (KMT) and Vertiv Holdings LLC (VRT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- KMT operates in Industrials, while VRT operates in Technology - the two are in different parts of the market.
- VRT is the larger of the two at $100.48B, about 43.1x KMT ($2.33B).
- Over the past year, KMT is up 45.3% and VRT is up 102.2% - VRT leads by 56.9 points.
- KMT has been more active in the news (36 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for VRT).
- VRT has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 15 for KMT).
- Company
- Kennametal Inc.
- Vertiv Holdings LLC
- Price
- $30.59-0.50%
- $260.92-4.24%
- Market cap
- $2.33B
- $100.48B
- 1M return
- -11.12%
- -14.35%
- 1Y return
- +45.30%
- +102.23%
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery/Components
- Industrial Machinery/Components
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2018
- News (4w)
- 36
- 9
- Recent ratings
- 15
- 25
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.
Vertiv Holdings LLC
Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers power management products, uninterruptible power systems, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing these products and their related systems. It offers its products primarily under the Liebert, NetSure, Geist, and Avocent brands. The company serves social media, financial services, healthcare, transportation, retail, education, and government industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Latest KMT
- Director Sternlieb Paul exercised 2,299 shares at a strike of $31.22 and covered exercise/tax liability with 186 shares, increasing direct ownership by 26% to 10,165 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Patel Sagar A
- Director Martin Lorraine M exercised 2,299 shares at a strike of $31.22 and covered exercise/tax liability with 186 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 45,182 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Lambert William M exercised 6,092 shares at a strike of $31.22 and covered exercise/tax liability with 186 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 82,898 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Dietrich Douglas T
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Bausch Shelley J
- Director Alvarado Joseph exercised 6,092 shares at a strike of $31.22 and covered exercise/tax liability with 186 shares, increasing direct ownership by 19% to 36,257 units (SEC Form 4)
- Vice President Witt John Wayne exercised 3,657 shares at a strike of $31.22 and covered exercise/tax liability with 3,574 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 8,179 units (SEC Form 4)
- Vice President Watson Patrick S exercised 6,345 shares at a strike of $31.22 and covered exercise/tax liability with 9,454 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 82,006 units (SEC Form 4)
- Vice President Reilly Carlonda R. covered exercise/tax liability with 6,251 shares and exercised 3,135 shares at a strike of $31.22, decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 43,753 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest VRT
- The AI Revolution Is Winning the Software Race but Losing the Infrastructure Battle
- A Rural Utility Just Put Truck-Delivered Batteries Into Service
- Dycom Industries, Inc. Appoints David Fallon and Michael Lenz to Board of Directors
- The AI Buildout Runs on Power and Cooling. Bitzero Just Deepened Its Bench With Vertiv.
- A Utility Ran the Numbers on a Battery It Could Pick Up and Move, Then Bought Two of Them Outright
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Vertiv Holdings LLC
- Vertiv Holdings LLC filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Vertiv Reports Strong Second Quarter 2026 with Diluted EPS Growth of 53% (Adjusted Diluted EPS Growth of +60%); Raises Full Year 2026 Guidance Across All Key Metrics
- The AI Buildout Has a Power Problem, and the Grid Is Not Going to Solve It in Time
- KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated coverage on Vertiv with a new price target