Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, KNF or CCJ?

Knife River has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KNF or CCJ?

80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KNF or CCJ more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Cameco's net margin of 5.39%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Cameco	5.39%	4.34%	2.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or CCJ?

Cameco received 515 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.25% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 13 81.25%	Underperform Votes 3 18.75%
Cameco	Outperform Votes 528 63.01%	Underperform Votes 310 36.99%

Do analysts prefer KNF or CCJ?

Knife River presently has a consensus price target of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $70.03, indicating a potential upside of 67.38%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cameco 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
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KNF or CCJ?

Cameco has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, 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	26.31
Cameco	$3.14B	5.81	$267.32M	$0.28	149.42

Does the media refer more to KNF or CCJ?

In the previous week, Cameco had 14 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cameco and 9 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Cameco's score of 1.24 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cameco	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cameco beats Knife River on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.