Knife River (KNF) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to KNF or CCJ?

In the previous week, Cameco had 22 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cameco and 9 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Cameco's score of 1.17 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cameco	17 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KNF or CCJ?

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNF or CCJ?

Cameco received 513 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.25% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 63.07% 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 526 63.07%	Underperform Votes 308 36.93%

Which has more volatility and risk, KNF or CCJ?

Knife River has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KNF or CCJ?

Knife River presently has a consensus price target of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.80%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $73.64, indicating a potential upside of 65.59%. 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.30

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	1.89	$201.70M	$3.54	27.40
Cameco	$3.14B	6.17	$267.32M	$0.28	158.82

Summary

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