Kennametal (KMT) Shares Fall as Barrington Downgrades to Market Perform

June 14, 2012 12:03 PM EDT
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Shares of Kennametal (NYSE: KMT) have dipped in mid-day trade Thursday following an intraday downgrade from Barrington Research's Walter Liptak. The analyst now rates Kennametal shares a Market Perform, down from Outperform previously.

Liptak cited, "lower-than-expected May 2012 organic orders. While we still believe that KMT is emerging as a high-quality, diversified industrial company, global economic and industrial slowing is causing orders to go negative."

The analyst reduced his Q4 sales estimate from $786 million to $750 million and his EPS estimate from $1.09 to $1.03. His FY13 EPS estimate was reduced from $4.50 to $4.00.

Kennametal shares are now down 0.8 percent to $32.83.

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