Knife River Corporation (KNF)Basic Materials | Building Materials | Bismarck, United States | NYSE
78.41 USD
-2.68
(-3.305%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:31 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook remains cautious despite the broader uptrend. Over the last two weeks, shares have retraced significantly from their mid-June highs, trading just below the fifty-day moving average while the short-term statistical forecast leans slightly negative. While the long-term picture is compelling with a robust eighty-two percent gain over the past two years and sixteen percent revenue growth, the underlying operational efficiency is concerning. Negative operating margins and negative free cash flow suggest the business is still working through profitability challenges, which limits the investment thesis to a solid growth play rather than a high-conviction compounder. Furthermore, the absence of a dividend payout removes a key income component for investors seeking stability. The gap between the current price and the analyst mean target implies room for recovery, but the technical weakness and operational headwinds warrant a measured approach. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.074853 |
| MSTL | 0.075467 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.076763 |
| AutoETS | 0.076763 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 1.48 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.149 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.42 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 95.104 |
| Revenue per Share | 56.51 |
| Market Cap | 4,450,070,016 |
| Trailing P/E | 30.51 |
| Forward P/E | 19.81 |
| Beta | 0.50 |
| Profit Margins | 4.58% |
| Website | https://www.kniferiver.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:31 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for upside with over 90% of open interest concentrated in out-of-the-money calls across multiple expirations, suggesting a bullish bias despite recent price weakness. However, there is notable put volume at the 100 strike in November, indicating some hedging or skepticism regarding the ability to sustain a move to that level.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.013310909 |
| Address1 | 1,150 West Century Avenue |
| Address2 | PO Box 5568 |
| All Time High | 108.83 |
| All Time Low | 36.48 |
| Ask | 125.45 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 435,060 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 546,896 |
| Average Volume | 546,896 |
| Average Volume10Days | 435,060 |
| Beta | 0.503 |
| Bid | 31.71 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 27.475 |
| City | Bismarck |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 78.41 |
| Current Ratio | 2.675 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 81.03 |
| Day Low | 78.25 |
| Debt To Equity | 95.104 |
| Display Name | Knife River |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,993,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,993,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,984,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,846,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,846,600 |
| Ebitda | 495,328,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.15466 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.951 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.848 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,919,696,896 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.29 |
| Eps Forward | 3.9575 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.57 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 81.4956 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.0855942 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.037862096 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 1.3310909 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 96.28 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -17.869995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.18560444 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 58.72 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 19.690002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3353202 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 58.72 - 96.28 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,686,058,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 56,459,870 |
| Forward Eps | 3.9575 |
| Forward P E | 19.813015 |
| Free Cashflow | -42,728,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 5,298 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.1824 |
| Gross Profits | 584,152,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00433 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.03084 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 56,753,855 |
| Industry | Building Materials |
| Industry Disp | Building Materials |
| Industry Key | building-materials |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Knife River Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides aggregates-based construction materials and contracting services in the United States. The company operates through West, Mountain, Central, and Energy Services segments. It mines, processes, and sells construction aggregates, including crushed stone and sand, and gravel; and produces and sells asphalt and ready-mix concrete. The company also provides contracting services, such as heavy-civil construction, asphalt and concrete paving, and site development and grading. In addition, it sells cement, merchandise, and other building materials and related services; and produces and supplies liquid asphalt for use in asphalt road construction. The company sells its construction materials to public and private-sector customers comprising federal, state, and municipal governments; industrial, commercial, and residential developers, as well as other private parties; and provides its contracting services to public-sector customers for the development and servicing of highways, local roads, bridges, and other public-infrastructure projects. Knife River Corporation was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. |
| Long Name | Knife River Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,450,070,016 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_635662 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 146,608,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 4,450,069,770 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 79.9 |
| Operating Cashflow | 345,201,984 |
| Operating Margins | -0.20538001 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.62 |
| Phone | 701 530 1400 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.11999512 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.15297695 |
| Pre Market Price | 78.56 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,033,719 |
| Previous Close | 81.09 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 23.832829 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.8538673 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.3894866 |
| Profit Margins | 0.04578 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.902 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -2.67999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.30496 |
| Regular Market Day High | 81.03 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 78.25 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 78.25 - 81.03 |
| Regular Market Open | 79.9 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 81.09 |
| Regular Market Price | 78.41 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 201,768 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05075 |
| Return On Equity | 0.09883001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.16 |
| Revenue Per Share | 56.51 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 56,753,855 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0554 |
| Shares Short | 3,146,359 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,203,697 |
| Short Name | Knife Riv Holding Co. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0719 |
| Short Ratio | 4.63 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | ND |
| Symbol | KNF |
| Target High Price | 119.0 |
| Target Low Price | 81.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 103.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 105.0 |
| Total Cash | 13,346,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.235 |
| Total Debt | 1,482,973,056 |
| Total Revenue | 3,202,672,128 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.57 |
| Trailing P E | 30.50973 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.6167 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 77.7729 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.6371002 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.008191802 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 201,768 |
| Website | https://www.kniferiver.com |
| Zip | 58,506-5568 |