NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Kennametal

(NYSE:

KMT

) hit a new 52-week high Wednesday as it is currently trading at $46.41, above its previous 52-week high of $46.21 with 198,488 shares traded as of 10:45 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 837,800 shares over the past 30 days.

Kennametal has a market cap of $3.44 billion and is part of the

industrial goods

sector and

industrial

industry. Shares are up 25.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Kennametal Inc. manufactures and supplies tooling, engineered components, and advanced materials consumed in production processes worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.6, below the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 13.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Kennametal as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and expanding profit margins. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. You can view the full

Kennametal Ratings Report

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