Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KNF or ROAD?

80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Construction Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Knife River shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Construction Partners shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer KNF or ROAD?

Knife River currently has a consensus price target of $117.17, suggesting a potential upside of 49.03%. Construction Partners has a consensus price target of $91.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.08%. Given Knife River's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Knife River is more favorable than Construction Partners.

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

Is KNF or ROAD 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
Knife River	6.18%	12.83%	6.17%
Construction Partners	2.80%	11.49%	3.80%

Does the media prefer KNF or ROAD?

In the previous week, Construction Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Construction Partners and 4 mentions for Knife River. Construction Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Knife River's score of 1.11 indicating that Construction Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knife River	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Construction Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, KNF or ROAD?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, KNF or ROAD?

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
Knife River	$2.90B	1.54	$201.68M	$3.17	24.80
Construction Partners	$1.82B	3.29	$68.93M	$1.17	91.59

Summary

Knife River beats Construction Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.