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Minus 1.6 Percent, Then 21.3 Million
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Sanjay Chowbey — President & Chief Executive Officer, Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT)◆Srini Gopalan — President & Chief Executive Officer, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS)◆Santhosh Keshavan — Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA)◆Sudhir Srivastava — Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, SS Innovations International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSII)◆Sumit Singh — Chief Executive Officer, Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: CHWY)◆Vivek Mohindra — Director (appointed 2026-07-08); formerly SVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Dell Technologies Inc., Axon Enterprise, Inc. / Dell Technologies (to April 2026)◆Steve Sanghi — Chair of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, Microchip Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCHP)◆Raj Talluri — President & Chief Executive Officer (effective 2026-09-01), Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLIC)◆Sanjiv Das — President, Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PGY)◆Ashutosh Kulkarni — Chief Executive Officer and Director, Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC)◆KR Sridhar — Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE: BE)◆Sanjay Kapoor — Director, NRG Energy, Inc. (since 2026-02-03); formerly Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Spirit AeroSystems, NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) / Crane Company / SAAB, Inc.◆Sanjay Chowbey — President & Chief Executive Officer, Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT)◆Srini Gopalan — President & Chief Executive Officer, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS)◆Santhosh Keshavan — Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA)◆Sudhir Srivastava — Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, SS Innovations International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSII)◆Sumit Singh — Chief Executive Officer, Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: CHWY)◆Vivek Mohindra — Director (appointed 2026-07-08); formerly SVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Dell Technologies Inc., Axon Enterprise, Inc. / Dell Technologies (to April 2026)◆Steve Sanghi — Chair of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, Microchip Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCHP)◆Raj Talluri — President & Chief Executive Officer (effective 2026-09-01), Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLIC)◆Sanjiv Das — President, Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PGY)◆Ashutosh Kulkarni — Chief Executive Officer and Director, Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC)◆KR Sridhar — Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE: BE)◆Sanjay Kapoor — Director, NRG Energy, Inc. (since 2026-02-03); formerly Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Spirit AeroSystems, NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) / Crane Company / SAAB, Inc.◆
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Record Earnings, Negative Cash
Sanjay Chowbey took over Kennametal in a down cycle and cut. Then tungsten exploded, handing him a record year on the income statement and a hole in the cash one.
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