Energy Fuels (UUUU) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or UUUU?

Knife River received 5 more outperform votes than Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.92% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Energy Fuels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 10 76.92%	Underperform Votes 3 23.08%
Energy Fuels	Outperform Votes 5 55.56%	Underperform Votes 4 44.44%

Which has more risk and volatility, KNF or UUUU?

Knife River has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KNF or UUUU more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.89% compared to Energy Fuels' net margin of -90.40%. Knife River's return on equity of 15.22% beat Energy Fuels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.89%	15.22%	7.46%
Energy Fuels	-90.40%	-9.16%	-8.67%

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

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend KNF or UUUU?

Knife River presently has a consensus target price of $93.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.71%. Energy Fuels has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.57%. Given Energy Fuels' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Fuels 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Energy Fuels	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer KNF or UUUU?

In the previous week, Knife River and Knife River both had 5 articles in the media. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Energy Fuels' score of 0.81 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energy Fuels	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KNF or UUUU?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Fuels. Energy Fuels 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	$2.89B	1.93	$182.87M	$3.49	28.17
Energy Fuels	$37.93M	35.51	$99.86M	-$0.22	-31.52

Summary

Knife River beats Energy Fuels on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.