Knife River (KNF) Competitors

Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) and Knife River (NYSE:KNF) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Is ROAD or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 2.80%. Knife River's return on equity of 12.83% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Construction Partners	2.80%	11.49%	3.80%
Knife River	6.18%	12.83%	6.17%

Do analysts recommend ROAD or KNF?

Construction Partners currently has a consensus price target of $91.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.52%. Knife River has a consensus price target of $117.17, indicating a potential upside of 48.65%. Given Knife River's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knife River is more favorable than Construction Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Construction Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ROAD or KNF?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Construction Partners. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Construction Partners, 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
Construction Partners	$1.82B	3.23	$68.93M	$1.17	89.94
Knife River	$2.92B	1.53	$201.68M	$3.17	24.86

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ROAD or KNF?

94.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Construction Partners 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ROAD or KNF?

Construction Partners has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ROAD or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 1 more articles in the media than Construction Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Knife River and 5 mentions for Construction Partners. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Construction Partners' score of 1.09 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Construction Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knife River	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Knife River beats Construction Partners on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.