Knife River (KNF) Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend KNF or SQM?

Knife River currently has a consensus target price of $93.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.62%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus target price of $48.69, indicating a potential upside of 27.65%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KNF or SQM?

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, 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	$2.89B	1.85	$182.87M	$3.49	27.01
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	$7.47B	1.46	$923.19M	$0.11	346.73

Does the media prefer KNF or SQM?

In the previous week, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile had 2 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile and 3 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.94 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in KNF or SQM?

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or SQM?

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 360 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.92% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 10 76.92%	Underperform Votes 3 23.08%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	Outperform Votes 370 56.15%	Underperform Votes 289 43.85%

Which has more volatility and risk, KNF or SQM?

Knife River has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KNF or SQM more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.89% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 0.48%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 23.15% beat Knife River's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.89%	15.22%	7.46%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile	0.48%	23.15%	10.43%

Summary

Knife River and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.