Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SUM or KNF?

Summit Materials received 405 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Summit Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Summit Materials	Outperform Votes 411 62.37%	Underperform Votes 248 37.63%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%

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

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

Does the media prefer SUM or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 15 more articles in the media than Summit Materials. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Knife River and 2 mentions for Summit Materials. Summit Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Knife River's score of -0.15 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Knife River	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SUM or KNF?

Summit Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Knife River. Summit Materials 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
Summit Materials	$2.62B	2.70	$289.63M	$2.24	18.13
Knife River	$2.83B	1.57	$182.87M	$3.10	25.33

Do analysts prefer SUM or KNF?

Summit Materials presently has a consensus target price of $46.73, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Knife River has a consensus target price of $76.20, indicating a potential downside of 2.97%. Given Knife River's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Summit Materials is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Summit Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is SUM or KNF more profitable?

Summit Materials has a net margin of 8.36% compared to Summit Materials' net margin of 6.19%. Summit Materials' return on equity of 14.65% beat Knife River's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Summit Materials	8.36%	7.33%	3.63%
Knife River	6.19%	14.65%	6.77%

Summary

Knife River beats Summit Materials on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.