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The price of Knife River Corp (NYSE: KNF) closed at $71.01 in the last session, up 0.04% from day before closing price of $70.98. In other words, the price has increased by $0.04 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.63 million shares were traded. KNF stock price reached its highest trading level at $71.42 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $70.11.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at KNF’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.47 and its Current Ratio is at 2.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.77 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.75.
On June 16, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $129.
On March 10, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $102.Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating on March 10, 2025, with a $102 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KNF now has a Market Capitalization of 4023722496 and an Enterprise Value of 5230725120. As of this moment, Knife’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 27.29, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.52. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.32 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.716 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.307.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KNF is 0.64, which has changed by -0.24689656 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1476624 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KNF has reached a high of $108.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $58.72. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.73%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.65%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, KNF traded on average about 737.62K shares per day over the past 3-months and 996170 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 56.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.36M. Insiders hold about 0.55% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.83% stake in the company. Shares short for KNF as of 1761868800 were 3018113 with a Short Ratio of 4.09, compared to 1759190400 on 3011850. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3018113 and a Short% of Float of 6.9.
Earnings Estimates
At present, 5.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Knife River Corp (KNF) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$1.39, with high estimates of -$1.18 and low estimates of -$1.52.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.03 and $2.58 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.76. EPS for the following year is $3.41, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $3.91 and $2.96.
Revenue Estimates
According to 8 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $728.38M. It ranges from a high estimate of $739.8M to a low estimate of $720.1M. As of. The current estimate, Knife River Corp’s year-ago sales were $657.2MFor the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $380.45M. There is a high estimate of $418.5M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $360.5M.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KNF’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.13B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.11B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.12B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.9BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.31B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.49B and the low estimate is $3.22B.
