KNF Stock Analysis: Knife River | NYSE
Building Materials | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 3.532m USD | 12M Return: -20.7% | US4988941047 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 36.9M
EPS Trend: -87.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 95.2%
Qual. Beats: -1
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 3.3 years of data
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Knife River Corporation (NYSE: KNF) is a U.S.-based provider of aggregates-based construction materials and contracting services, headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, and founded in 1917. The company operates through four reportable segments-West, Mountain, Central, and Energy Services-and is vertically integrated across the construction materials supply chain. Its core activities include mining, processing, and selling construction aggregates such as crushed stone, sand, and gravel, as well as producing and selling asphalt, ready-mix concrete, cement, and liquid asphalt. Beyond materials production, Knife River offers contracting services including heavy-civil construction, asphalt and concrete paving, and site development and grading.
The company serves a mix of public- and private-sector customers, with public-sector work-such as highways, local roads, bridges, and other public-infrastructure projects-forming a meaningful portion of its contracting revenue. Private-sector customers include industrial, commercial, and residential developers along with other private parties. Knife River began trading publicly on June 1, 2023, and is classified under the GICS Materials sector. Its business model is closely tied to U.S. infrastructure spending and nonresidential construction activity, and the integration of materials production with in-house contracting capabilities allows the company to capture margin across multiple stages of project delivery.
- Federal infrastructure spending lifts aggregates volumes across West and Mountain segments
- Energy Services revenue tracks Bakken oil and gas drilling activity
- Aggregates pricing power expands margins despite fuel and labor cost pressure
| Net Income: 134.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.00 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.95 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 25.80% < 20% (prev 21.68%; Δ 4.12% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 256.8m > Net Income 134.6m |
| Net Debt (1.48b) to EBITDA (492.8m): 3.00 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.73 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (56.8m) vs 12m ago -0.15% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 17.55% > 18% (prev 17.97%; Δ -0.43% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 84.59% > 50% (prev 82.31%; Δ 2.28% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.04 > 6 (EBIT TTM 277.3m / Interest Expense TTM 91.2m) |
| A: 0.20 (Total Current Assets 1.38b - Total Current Liabilities 505.2m) / Total Assets 4.29b |
| B: 0.26 (Retained Earnings 1.13b / Total Assets 4.29b) |
| C: 0.07 (EBIT TTM 277.3m / Avg Total Assets 3.99b) |
| D: 0.69 (Book Value of Equity 1.75b / Total Liabilities 2.54b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.38 = A |
| DSRI: 0.97 (Receivables 553.3m/516.8m, Revenue 3.38b/3.05b) |
| GMI: 1.02 (GM 17.97% / 17.55%) |
| AQI: 1.05 (AQ_t 0.16 / AQ_t-1 0.15) |
| SGI: 1.11 (Revenue 3.38b / 3.05b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 134.6m - CFO 256.8m) / TA 4.29b) |
| Beneish M = -2.93 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of November 07, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 57.25 with a total of 1,238,753 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.61%, over one month by +10.16%, over three months by -15.55% and over the past year by -20.67%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 53.60 (which is 6.4% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
Knife River has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.13. Therefore, it is recommended to buy KNF.
- StrongBuy: 5
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 71.3 | 24.6% |
P/E Trailing = 24.6984
P/E Forward = 19.3798
P/S = 1.0454
P/B = 2.0689
P/EG = 1.6167
Revenue TTM = 3.38b USD
EBIT TTM = 277.3m USD
EBITDA TTM = 492.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.15b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 35.6m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.65b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 51.3m
Net Debt = 1.48b USD (calculated: Debt 1.65b - CCE 177.3m)
Enterprise Value = 5.01b USD (3.53b + Debt 1.65b - CCE 177.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.04 (Ebit TTM 277.3m / Interest Expense TTM 91.2m)
EV/FCF = -525.3x (Enterprise Value 5.01b / FCF TTM -9.54m)
FCF Yield = -0.19% (FCF TTM -9.54m / Enterprise Value 5.01b)
FCF Margin = -0.28% (FCF TTM -9.54m / Revenue TTM 3.38b)
Net Margin = 3.98% (Net Income TTM 134.6m / Revenue TTM 3.38b)
Gross Margin = 17.55% ((Revenue TTM 3.38b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.79b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 22.55% (prev 17.34%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.17 (Enterprise Value 5.01b / Total Assets 4.29b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.51% (Interest Expense 91.2m / Debt 1.65b)
Taxrate = 27.67% (51.5m / 186.1m)
NOPAT = 200.6m (EBIT 277.3m * (1 - 27.67%))
Current Ratio = 2.73 (Total Current Assets 1.38b / Total Current Liabilities 505.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.95 (Debt 1.65b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.75b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.00 (Net Debt 1.48b / EBITDA 492.8m)
Debt / FCF = -154.9 (out of range, set to none) (Net Debt 1.48b / FCF TTM -9.54m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.64b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.37% (Net Income 134.6m / Total Assets 4.29b)
RoE = 8.22% (Net Income TTM 134.6m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.64b)
RoCE = 9.93% (EBIT 277.3m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.64b + L.T.Debt 1.15b))
RoIC = 5.50% (NOPAT 200.6m / Invested Capital 3.65b)
WACC = 6.26% (E(3.53b)/V(5.19b) * Re(7.32%) + D(1.65b)/V(5.19b) * Rd(5.51%) * (1-Tc(0.28)))
Discount Rate = 7.32% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -25.59 | Cagr: 0.0%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -9.54m)
EPS Correlation: -87.90 | EPS CAGR: -13.76% | SUE: -0.71 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 95.19 | Revenue CAGR: 6.69% | SUE: -0.85 | # QB: -1
EPS current Quarter (2027-03-31): EPS=-1.42 | Chg30d=-7.98% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=2.16 | Chg30d=-18.90% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=-22.1% | GrowthRev=+8.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=3.24 | Chg30d=-18.37% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=+50.1% | GrowthRev=+3.5%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -38% (up=1, down=4)