Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or SUM?

Summit Materials received 405 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Summit Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%
Summit Materials	Outperform Votes 411 62.37%	Underperform Votes 248 37.63%

Do analysts rate KNF or SUM?

Knife River currently has a consensus target price of $76.20, suggesting a potential downside of 1.94%. Summit Materials has a consensus target price of $46.73, suggesting a potential upside of 15.09%. Given Summit Materials' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Summit Materials is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Summit Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KNF or SUM?

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are owned by company 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 media refer more to KNF or SUM?

In the previous week, Knife River had 3 more articles in the media than Summit Materials. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Knife River and 15 mentions for Summit Materials. Summit Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Knife River's score of 0.35 indicating that Summit Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knife River	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Summit Materials	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KNF or SUM?

Summit Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Materials, 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
Knife River	$2.83B	1.55	$182.87M	-$512.56	-0.15
Summit Materials	$2.99B	2.37	$289.63M	$2.24	18.13

Is KNF or SUM more profitable?

Summit Materials has a net margin of 8.36% compared to Knife River's net margin of 6.46%. Knife River's return on equity of 15.98% beat Summit Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.46%	15.98%	7.14%
Summit Materials	8.36%	7.33%	3.63%

Summary

Summit Materials beats Knife River on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.