New Gold (NGD) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, KNF or NGD?

Knife River has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Gold has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KNF or NGD more profitable?

New Gold has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Knife River's net margin of 6.96%. New Gold's return on equity of 15.16% beat Knife River's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
New Gold	11.10%	15.16%	6.59%

Do analysts recommend KNF or NGD?

Knife River currently has a consensus target price of $112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.87%. New Gold has a consensus target price of $3.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.43%. Given New Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe New Gold 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
New Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Which has higher earnings & valuation, KNF or NGD?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than New Gold. New Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knife River, 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
New Gold	$924.50M	2.42	-$64.50M	$0.13	21.73

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of New Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of New Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer KNF or NGD?

In the previous week, Knife River and Knife River both had 12 articles in the media. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat New Gold's score of 0.34 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
New Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNF or NGD?

New Gold received 4 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave New Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 12 80.00%	Underperform Votes 3 20.00%
New Gold	Outperform Votes 16 64.00%	Underperform Votes 9 36.00%

Summary

Knife River beats New Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.