Knife River (KNF) Competitors

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and Knife River (NYSE:KNF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.

Does the media prefer SQM or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 2 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Knife River and 4 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Knife River's score of 1.17 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knife River	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SQM or KNF?

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, 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
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	$5.53B	2.15	$923.19M	$1.39	29.99
Knife River	$2.87B	1.75	$182.87M	$3.10	28.70

Do analysts recommend SQM or KNF?

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile currently has a consensus price target of $50.06, indicating a potential upside of 20.08%. Knife River has a consensus price target of $81.60, indicating a potential downside of 8.27%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk and volatility, SQM or KNF?

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SQM or KNF?

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 363 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 56.23% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	Outperform Votes 370 56.23%	Underperform Votes 288 43.77%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 7 70.00%	Underperform Votes 3 30.00%

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

12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned 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.

Is SQM or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.88% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 0.48%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 23.15% beat Knife River's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	0.48%	23.15%	10.43%
Knife River	6.88%	15.73%	7.55%

Summary

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile beats Knife River on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.