Knife River (KNF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Knife River Corporation is a construction materials and contracting company serving public and private infrastructure markets across the western and north-central United States. The company produces and supplies essential construction materials, including crushed stone, sand and gravel, ready-mix concrete, asphalt and related products.

In addition to materials production, Knife River provides construction services such as asphalt paving, concrete construction, site development, excavation and other heavy civil work. Its projects support highways, roads, bridges, airports, commercial developments and residential construction.

Knife River became an independent publicly traded company in 2023 after being spun off from MDU Resources Group. The company is headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Brian Gray serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $49.42 to $50.87
• 50-Day Range: $50.37 to $78.94
• 52-Week Range: $49.15 to $96.28
• Volume: 633,056 shs
• Average Volume: 692,618 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.96
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $77.14
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Knife River Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Knife River scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 83rd out of 228 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Knife River has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.36, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Knife River has a consensus price target of $77.14, representing about 54.8% upside from its current price of $49.82.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Knife River has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.61%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Knife River are expected to grow by 19.61% in the coming year, from $2.55 to $3.05 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Knife River is 20.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Knife River is 20.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.17.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Knife River has a PEG Ratio of 1.24. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Knife River has a P/B Ratio of 1.72. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.97% of the float of Knife River has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Knife River has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.63.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Knife River has recently increased by 7.38%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Knife River does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Knife River does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.14

News Sentiment

Knife River has a news sentiment score of 0.14. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Knife River this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for KNF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Knife River to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Knife River insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.40% of the stock of Knife River is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.11% of the stock of Knife River is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 10/08/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Construction Materials
• Sub-Industry: Construction Materials
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KNF
• CIK: 1955520
• Web: www.kniferiver.com
• Phone: 701-530-1400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,298
• Year Founded: 1917

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Knife River: $77.14
• High Price Target: $103.00
• Low Price Target: $54.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +51.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.36
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.45
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.78
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.92
• P/E Growth: 1.24
• Net Income: $157.07 million
• Net Margins: 4.23%
• Pretax Margin: 5.77%
• Return on Equity: 8.73%
• Return on Assets: 3.65%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.00
• Current Ratio: 2.66
• Quick Ratio: 1.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.15 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.92
• Cash Flow: $5.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.51
• Book Value: $28.96 per share
• Price / Book: 1.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 56,760,000
• Free Float: 56,536,000
• Market Cap: $2.88 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.46