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US · SEC FORM 4
KENNAMETAL INC
KMT · NYSE · CIK 0000055242 · Industrials · Tools & Accessories
INSIDER SIGNAL
2 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window
83 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
5 sales · 76 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines
WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.
Why is there no score?
- No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
- Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.
Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.
Purchase breadth & concentration
Roles in the peak window: Director, President and CEO. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.
Insider activity timeline
Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.
Showing the six most active owners; 6 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.
SIGNAL HISTORY
Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-09-10 · Chowbey Sanjay.
Recent Form 4 activity
P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.
Market context
Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.
Short interest
Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.
- Shares short
- 6,667,050
- Previous report
- 7,666,139
- Avg daily volume
- 1,410,166
- Days to cover
- 4.7
FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.
Historical equity purchases
Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.
| Transaction date | Reporting owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Chowbey Sanjay | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 7,000 | USD 29.10 | USD 203,700 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-04 | HARSHMAN RICHARD J | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 5,000 | USD 30.21 | USD 151,050 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-02-11 | Chowbey Sanjay | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 10,000 | USD 21.75 | USD 217,500 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2024-06-10 | Chowbey Sanjay | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 5,000 | USD 24.28 | USD 121,400 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2024-05-10 | Chowbey Sanjay | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 10,000 | USD 26.00 | USD 260,000 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-05-04 | LAMBERT WILLIAM M | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 36,698 | USD 26.23 | USD 962,589 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-03-14 | ALVARADO JOSEPH | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 1,000 | USD 29.05 | USD 29,050 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2020-11-13 | ALVARADO JOSEPH | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 200 | USD 31.97 | USD 6,394 | SEC filing ↗ |
Form 4 evidence
109 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 588 in local history.
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Witt John Wayne | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 14,239 | USD 31.67 | USD 450,949 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Witt John Wayne | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 6,192 | USD 31.67 | USD 196,101 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Watson Patrick S | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 25,689 | USD 31.67 | USD 813,571 | SEC filing ↗ |
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Witt John Wayne | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 14,239 | USD 31.67 | USD 450,949 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Witt John Wayne | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 6,192 | USD 31.67 | USD 196,101 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Watson Patrick S | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 25,689 | USD 31.67 | USD 813,571 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Watson Patrick S | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 11,172 | USD 31.67 | USD 353,817 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Reilly Carlonda R. | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 18,065 | USD 31.67 | USD 572,119 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Reilly Carlonda R. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 7,549 | USD 31.67 | USD 239,077 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Keating Michelle R | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 21,378 | USD 31.67 | USD 677,041 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Keating Michelle R | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 9,297 | USD 31.67 | USD 294,436 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Hamadi Faisal | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 20,695 | USD 31.67 | USD 655,411 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Hamadi Faisal | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 9,000 | USD 31.67 | USD 285,030 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Chowbey Sanjay | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 44,712 | USD 31.67 | USD 1,416,029 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Chowbey Sanjay | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 17,594 | USD 31.67 | USD 557,202 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Bersaglini Clark David | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 25,321 | USD 31.67 | USD 801,916 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Bersaglini Clark David | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 10,943 | USD 31.67 | USD 346,565 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Bacchus Judith L | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 20,364 | USD 31.67 | USD 644,928 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Bacchus Judith L | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 8,479 | USD 31.67 | USD 268,530 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | Chowbey Sanjay | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 7,000 | USD 29.10 | USD 203,700 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-08 | Bacchus Judith L | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 9,676 | USD 30.29 | USD 293,086 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-04 | Keating Michelle R | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 20,000 | USD 30.54 | USD 610,800 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-04 | HARSHMAN RICHARD J | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 5,000 | USD 30.21 | USD 151,050 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-01 | Bersaglini Clark David | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 11,596 | USD 29.19 | USD 338,487 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-01 | Bersaglini Clark David | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 5,078 | USD 29.19 | USD 148,227 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Sternlieb Paul | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 6,092 | USD 31.22 | USD 190,192 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Sternlieb Paul | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 186 | USD 31.22 | USD 5,807 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Martin Lorraine M | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 6,092 | USD 31.22 | USD 190,192 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Martin Lorraine M | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 186 | USD 31.22 | USD 5,807 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Witt John Wayne | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 3,657 | USD 31.22 | USD 114,172 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Witt John Wayne | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,574 | USD 31.22 | USD 111,580 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Watson Patrick S | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 6,345 | USD 31.22 | USD 198,091 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-14 | Watson Patrick S | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 9,454 | USD 31.22 | USD 295,154 | SEC filing ↗ |
Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.
Snapshot & identity
| Snapshot date | 2026-10-19 |
|---|---|
| Ranking version | US-v1.2 |
| Data quality | PASS ELIGIBLE · — |
| Ticker | KMT |
| CIK | 0000055242 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Industry | Tools & Accessories Yahoo Finance |
| SEC SIC | 3541 Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types |
| Exchange | NYSE |
Data coverage
| Local Form 4 history | 588 transaction lines from 2020-01-15 to 2026-10-01 8 P purchase lines · 39 S sale lines · 541 other lines |
|---|---|
| SEC company submissions | Open SEC filings ↗ |
Local ledger as of 2026-10-19. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.