Titan America (TTAM) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate KNF or TTAM?

Knife River presently has a consensus target price of $110.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.91%. Titan America has a consensus target price of $17.43, suggesting a potential upside of 42.74%. Given Titan America's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Titan America 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
Titan America	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is KNF or TTAM more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Titan America's net margin of 0.00%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Titan America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Titan America	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor KNF or TTAM?

In the previous week, Knife River had 7 more articles in the media than Titan America. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Knife River and 2 mentions for Titan America. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Titan America's score of -0.49 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
Titan America	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	1.83	$201.70M	$3.54	26.45
Titan America	$1.63B	1.38	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KNF or TTAM?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNF or TTAM?

Knife River received 7 more outperform votes than Titan America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.25% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Titan America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 13 81.25%	Underperform Votes 3 18.75%
Titan America	Outperform Votes 6 50.00%	Underperform Votes 6 50.00%

Summary

Knife River beats Titan America on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.