Knife River (KNF) Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or TECK?

Teck Resources received 796 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 12 80.00%	Underperform Votes 3 20.00%
Teck Resources	Outperform Votes 808 59.41%	Underperform Votes 552 40.59%

Do analysts prefer KNF or TECK?

Knife River currently has a consensus price target of $112.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.87%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of $65.38, indicating a potential upside of 58.99%. Given Teck Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teck Resources 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Teck Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, KNF or TECK?

Knife River has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KNF or TECK?

Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, 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	1.82	$201.70M	$3.54	26.29
Teck Resources	$16.66B	1.23	$1.78B	$0.66	62.30

Is KNF or TECK more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 3.32%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Teck Resources	3.32%	6.37%	3.40%

Does the media prefer KNF or TECK?

In the previous week, Teck Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Teck Resources and 12 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.83 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teck Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Knife River beats Teck Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.