Kennametal Inc. (KMT)

Cutting tools and wear-resistant components maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026, filed August 12, 2026. Ranked 52 of the 198 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A tooling maker whose filing counts 8,073 people with 2,500 in the U.S. and 2,100 in unions, and nothing by segment, so its two segments are split by revenue with metalworking tools leading.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 20% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 37% at the end of 2028, 39% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 39% desk work, 14% people work and 48% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 61% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

8,073 employees as of June 30, 2026 (stated). Stated by count: approximately 2,500 employees in the U.S. and 5,600 elsewhere, principally Germany, India and China.

The filing: “We employed 8,073 people, including approximately 8,050 full-time employees, as of June 30, 2026.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 8,073 people as of June 30, 2026, about 8,050 full-time (8,100 a year earlier): about 2,500 in the U.S. and 5,600 elsewhere, principally Germany, India and China; about 2,100 represented by labor unions; voluntary turnover 7.5%.

What the filing says about AI

1 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's one AI sentence says over 200 learners used AI-powered features of its learning system, AI Coaching, an AI Course Companion and AI Role-Playing, in fiscal 2026.

• “Throughout fiscal 2026, over 4,200 employees accessed the LMS and completed over 16,900 courses with over 200 learners engaging with AI-powered features, including AI Coaching for real-time guidance, AI Course Companion for in-course support, and AI Role-Playing to practice and apply skills in realistic scenarios.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 20250median 10
• Fiscal 20261

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• No count by segment: the split between cutting tools and infrastructure components is by segment revenue (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-056143, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.