Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SUM or KNF?

Summit Materials presently has a consensus price target of $51.20, suggesting a potential downside of 2.55%. Knife River has a consensus price target of $117.17, suggesting a potential upside of 45.37%. Given Knife River's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Knife River is more favorable than Summit Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Summit Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SUM or KNF?

Summit Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Summit Materials	$2.62B	3.52	$289.63M	$0.82	64.07
Knife River	$2.90B	1.58	$201.68M	$3.17	25.43

Which has more risk & volatility, SUM or KNF?

Summit Materials has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SUM or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Summit Materials' net margin of 3.92%. Knife River's return on equity of 12.83% beat Summit Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Summit Materials	3.92%	6.90%	3.52%
Knife River	6.18%	12.83%	6.17%

Does the media prefer SUM or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 2 more articles in the media than Summit Materials. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Knife River and 1 mentions for Summit Materials. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Summit Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Knife River beats Summit Materials on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.