Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or TECK?

Teck Resources received 799 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 15 83.33%	Underperform Votes 3 16.67%
Teck Resources	Outperform Votes 814 59.46%	Underperform Votes 555 40.54%

Is KNF or TECK more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 2.96%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Teck Resources	2.96%	4.59%	2.50%

Do analysts prefer KNF or TECK?

Knife River presently has a consensus price target of $114.80, suggesting a potential upside of 34.88%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of $64.11, suggesting a potential upside of 69.07%. Given Teck Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Teck Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Does the media prefer KNF or TECK?

In the previous week, Knife River had 7 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Knife River and 4 mentions for Teck Resources. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.29 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teck Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, KNF or TECK?

Knife River has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Knife River shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KNF or TECK?

Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, 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	$2.92B	1.65	$201.70M	$3.17	26.85
Teck Resources	$9.74B	1.91	$1.78B	$0.58	65.38

Summary

Knife River beats Teck Resources on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.