Kennametal Inc

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Kennametal Inc (KMT) Implied Volatility Current

KMT implied volatility is 47%. IV Rank is 38%, placing current premiums in the middle of their 52-week range.

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Tracking KMT implied volatility helps you identify when options premiums on Kennametal Inc are historically cheap or expensive, and where the best trades are hiding. Kennametal Inc implied volatility reflects the market's expectation of future price movement: when KMT IV rises, option premiums increase, creating opportunities for sellers, and when it drops, buyers can find cheaper contracts. Use our scanner to monitor Kennametal Inc's implied volatility current levels in real time and filter for high-probability trades.

Implied volatility is derived from option prices using models like Black-Scholes and represents the annualized expected move of an underlying stock. For KMT, tracking metrics like KMT IV rank helps traders understand whether current implied volatility is historically high or low. IV rank compares today's reading against the past year's range — a high rank on KMT signals rich premiums and potential mean-reversion, while a low rank may favor long options strategies.

Kennametal Inc. engages in development and application of 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. The company operates through two segments, Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. It 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.

The company also provides specified product design, selection, application, and support services; and standard and custom metal cutting solutions to aerospace, general engineering, energy, and transportation customers. In addition, it 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 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 distributors; integrated supplier channels; and through the Internet. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Implied Volatility

IV Rank
38.10%IV Rank
Moderate

IV is below its typical range - premiums look reasonable for buyers.

Implied Volatility (30d)46.57%

IV Rank38.10%

Historical Volatility (30d)29.57%

IV - HV+17.00%

As of September 23, 2026

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