Centrus Energy (LEU) Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, KNF or LEU?

Knife River has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend KNF or LEU?

Knife River currently has a consensus price target of $112.80, suggesting a potential upside of 25.12%. Centrus Energy has a consensus price target of $146.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.44%. Given Knife River's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Knife River is more favorable than Centrus Energy.

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
Centrus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KNF or LEU?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Centrus Energy. Centrus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knife River, 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	1.75	$201.70M	$3.17	28.44
Centrus Energy	$471.40M	5.15	$73.20M	$6.39	22.30

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KNF or LEU?

80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Knife River shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or LEU?

Knife River received 3 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.35% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 14 82.35%	Underperform Votes 3 17.65%
Centrus Energy	Outperform Votes 11 39.29%	Underperform Votes 17 60.71%

Does the media prefer KNF or LEU?

In the previous week, Centrus Energy had 27 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Centrus Energy and 6 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Centrus Energy's score of 1.30 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Centrus Energy	19 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KNF or LEU more profitable?

Centrus Energy has a net margin of 16.56% compared to Knife River's net margin of 6.96%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 84.09% beat Knife River's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Centrus Energy	16.56%	84.09%	9.44%

Summary

Centrus Energy beats Knife River on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.