Sigma Lithium (SGML) Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, KNF or SGML?

Knife River has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sigma Lithium has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KNF or SGML?

Knife River currently has a consensus price target of $110.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.80%. Sigma Lithium has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.85%. Given Sigma Lithium's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sigma Lithium is more favorable than Knife River.

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
Sigma Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer KNF or SGML?

In the previous week, Knife River had 6 more articles in the media than Sigma Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Knife River and 3 mentions for Sigma Lithium. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Sigma Lithium's score of 0.14 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sigma Lithium	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KNF or SGML?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Sigma Lithium. Sigma Lithium 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	$2.90B	1.89	$201.70M	$3.54	27.40
Sigma Lithium	$192.85M	6.75	-$28.33M	-$0.48	-24.38

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KNF or SGML more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Sigma Lithium's net margin of -36.85%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Sigma Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Sigma Lithium	-36.85%	-38.04%	-13.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNF or SGML?

Sigma Lithium received 5 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.25% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Sigma Lithium an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 13 81.25%	Underperform Votes 3 18.75%
Sigma Lithium	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%

Summary

Knife River beats Sigma Lithium on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.