Knife River vs Chemical & Mining Co of Chile
KNF and SQM side by side, both in mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels). Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KNF and SQM compare
Knife River grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.1% versus 1.0% for Chemical & Mining Co of Chile).
Chemical & Mining Co of Chile keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.9% compared with 4.2% at Knife River.
Knife River scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 7 for Chemical & Mining Co of Chile), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KNF | SQM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | – |
| Share price | $57.50 | $54.65 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.2% | 18.6% |
| Change, 5 years | – | −15.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 0.97 |
| Employees | 5,298 | 590 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.5× | – |
| P/S | 1.0× | – |
| P/B | 2.0× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.9× | – |
| P/FCF | 75.8× | – |
| PEG | 2.25 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.3% | – |
| Fair value | $57.88 | – |
| Margin of safety | 0.65% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.1% (better) | 1.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 20.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −8.7% (better) | −14.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −8.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 29.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 23.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 12.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.3% | 9.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 10.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 18.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.01 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.23 | – |
| Interest coverage | 3.1× | 5.5× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.66 | 3.27 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.33 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | – | 0.73% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 96.7% | 13.1% |
| Held by insiders | 0.70% | 0.00% |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.9% | – |
Go deeper
- KNF stock overview
- KNF income statement
- KNF valuation and score
- SQM stock overview
- SQM income statement
- SQM valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.