Arcosa (ACA) Competitors

Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) and Knife River (NYSE:KNF) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend ACA or KNF?

Arcosa currently has a consensus target price of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.30%. Knife River has a consensus target price of $76.20, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Arcosa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcosa	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is ACA or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.19% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 6.05%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.65% beat Arcosa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcosa	6.05%	6.13%	4.00%
Knife River	6.19%	14.65%	6.77%

Does the media prefer ACA or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 6 more articles in the media than Arcosa. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Knife River and 0 mentions for Arcosa. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Arcosa's score of 0.85 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Arcosa	Positive
Knife River	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ACA or KNF?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Arcosa. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcosa	$2.31B	1.84	$159.20M	$2.92	29.87
Knife River	$2.83B	1.46	$182.87M	$3.10	23.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ACA or KNF?

90.7% of Arcosa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Arcosa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Knife River shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACA or KNF?

Arcosa received 71 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcosa	Outperform Votes 77 54.23%	Underperform Votes 65 45.77%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%

Summary

Knife River beats Arcosa on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.