New Gold (NGD) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NGD or KNF?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than New Gold. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Gold, 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
New Gold	$861.50M	2.30	-$64.50M	$0.02	125.50
Knife River	$2.89B	2.07	$182.87M	$3.49	30.29

Do analysts prefer NGD or KNF?

New Gold presently has a consensus target price of $3.41, indicating a potential upside of 35.96%. Knife River has a consensus target price of $95.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.82%. Given New Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe New Gold is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NGD or KNF?

42.8% of New Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of New Gold 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NGD or KNF?

New Gold received 4 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave New Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Gold	Outperform Votes 15 62.50%	Underperform Votes 9 37.50%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

Is NGD or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.89% compared to New Gold's net margin of 2.33%. Knife River's return on equity of 15.22% beat New Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Gold	2.33%	9.38%	3.87%
Knife River	6.89%	15.22%	7.46%

Does the media refer more to NGD or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 6 more articles in the media than New Gold. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Knife River and 5 mentions for New Gold. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat New Gold's score of 0.66 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New Gold	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knife River	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, NGD or KNF?

New Gold has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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