Knife River Corporation (KNF) is a publicly traded company in the Basic Materials — Construction Materials industry listed on NYSE. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Knife River Corporation is a U.S.-based entity focused on supplying aggregate-derived building materials and offering related contracting services. Its business activities are structured across six distinct operational segments: Pacific, Northwest, Mountain, North Central, South, and Energy Services. The company is involved in extracting, processing, and distributing crucial construction aggregates, including varieties of crushed stone, sand, and gravel.
Is Knife River Corporation stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Knife River Corporation (KNF) trades at 23.5× earnings (P/E), against a median of 18.8× across the 156 materials companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (23.5) does not tell whether it is cheap.
Kaplio overview: Knife River Corporation
Market cap $3B · 52 weeks $48 – $94 (39 % below the high) · P/E 23.5× · 2027 expected P/E 18.5× · Dividend none · Next earnings November 3, 2026 · expected EPS $2.62 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Aug 4.
- Valuation: P/E 23.5× (no verdict).
- Business: ROIC 5 % (weak).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 2.2× (solid).
- Earnings: 4 of 8 (uneven).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (23.5) does not tell whether it is cheap.
In cyclicals the P/E misleads: today's earnings are not the normal ones.
What matters in materials: 3 of 7 pass
- FCF yield −1.9 %, fails.
- Gross margin 18.4 %, fails.
- Capex / D&A 1.8×, fails.
- P/B across cycles 2.1×, borderline.
- Net debt / EBITDA (trough) 2.2×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 2.9, passes.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 9.5×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Knife River Corporation: P/E 23.5×; EV/EBITDA 9.5×; ROIC 5.4 %; $3.3B. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (P/E 24.1×; EV/EBITDA 14.7×; ROIC 16.9 %; $3.2B), Titan America S.A. (P/E 14.4×; EV/EBITDA 8.1×; ROIC 10.1 %; $2.6B), Cabot Corp. (P/E 20.7×; EV/EBITDA 7.0×; ROIC 8.3 %; $3.8B).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 8.72% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 5.44% |
| Return on Assets | 3.35% |
| Gross Margin | 17.88% |
| Operating Margin | 8.38% |
| Net Margin | 4.23% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 1.04 |
| Current Ratio | 2.66 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 3 |
| Altman Z-Score | 2.90 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +13.79% |
| 3 months | -21.28% |
| Year-to-date | -18.12% |
| 1 year | -4.73% |
| 3 years | +8.52% |
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