Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Is CCJ or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.89% compared to Cameco's net margin of 4.15%. Knife River's return on equity of 15.22% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cameco	4.15%	3.33%	2.15%
Knife River	6.89%	15.22%	7.46%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCJ or KNF?

Cameco has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCJ or KNF?

Cameco has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Cameco	$1.92B	11.72	$267.32M	$0.19	271.69
Knife River	$2.83B	2.10	$182.87M	$3.49	30.06

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCJ or KNF?

Cameco received 511 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 63.12% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cameco	Outperform Votes 522 63.12%	Underperform Votes 305 36.88%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

Do analysts prefer CCJ or KNF?

Cameco presently has a consensus price target of $66.56, indicating a potential upside of 28.94%. Knife River has a consensus price target of $103.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.11%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cameco is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media prefer CCJ or KNF?

In the previous week, Cameco had 30 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Cameco and 2 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Cameco's score of 0.62 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cameco	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knife River	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cameco beats Knife River on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.