Summit Materials (SUM) Competitors

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

Is KNF or SUM more profitable?

Summit Materials has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Summit Materials' net margin of 6.46%. Summit Materials' return on equity of 15.98% beat Knife River's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.46%	15.98%	7.14%
Summit Materials	10.91%	8.73%	4.18%

Does the media favor KNF or SUM?

In the previous week, Summit Materials had 12 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Summit Materials and 5 mentions for Knife River. Summit Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Knife River's score of 0.59 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNF or SUM?

Summit Materials received 404 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 62.50% 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 410 62.50%	Underperform Votes 246 37.50%

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

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

Do analysts rate KNF or SUM?

Knife River presently has a consensus target price of $76.20, indicating a potential downside of 2.62%. Summit Materials has a consensus target price of $46.09, indicating a potential upside of 15.23%. Given Knife River's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KNF or SUM?

Summit Materials has lower revenue, but higher 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	1.57	$182.87M	-$512.56	-0.15
Summit Materials	$2.62B	2.66	$289.63M	$2.38	16.81

Summary

Summit Materials beats Knife River on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.