Knife River (KNF) Competitors

Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) and Knife River (NYSE:KNF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TECK or KNF?

78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Knife River shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TECK or KNF?

Teck Resources currently has a consensus price target of $64.11, suggesting a potential upside of 73.65%. Knife River has a consensus price target of $112.80, suggesting a potential upside of 23.07%. Given Teck Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teck Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TECK or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 2.96%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teck Resources	2.96%	4.59%	2.50%
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%

Does the media favor TECK or KNF?

In the previous week, Teck Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Teck Resources and 5 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Teck Resources' score of 1.09 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teck Resources	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knife River	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TECK or KNF?

Teck Resources has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TECK or KNF?

Teck Resources received 800 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teck Resources	Outperform Votes 814 59.46%	Underperform Votes 555 40.54%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 14 82.35%	Underperform Votes 3 17.65%

Which has better earnings and valuation, TECK or KNF?

Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, 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
Teck Resources	$9.74B	1.87	$1.78B	$0.58	63.66
Knife River	$2.92B	1.78	$201.70M	$3.17	28.91

Summary

Knife River beats Teck Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.