Titan America (TTAM) Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Titan America (NYSE:TTAM) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Is KNF or TTAM more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Titan America's net margin of 0.00%. Knife River's return on equity of 10.58% beat Titan America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	5.20%	10.58%	4.85%
Titan America	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate KNF or TTAM?

Knife River currently has a consensus price target of $114.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.49%. Titan America has a consensus price target of $17.07, suggesting a potential upside of 13.73%. Given Knife River's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Knife River is more favorable than Titan America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Titan America	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media prefer KNF or TTAM?

In the previous week, Knife River had 10 more articles in the media than Titan America. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Knife River and 3 mentions for Titan America. Titan America's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Knife River's score of 1.68 indicating that Titan America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knife River	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Titan America	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Knife River shares are held 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, KNF or TTAM?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Titan America.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Knife River	$2.90B	1.71	$201.68M	$2.69	32.57
Titan America	$1.63B	1.69	$166.07M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Knife River beats Titan America on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.