Knife River vs Vulcan Materials
KNF and VMC 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 VMC compare
Vulcan Materials is the larger company, worth 11 times as much as Knife River ($36.4B against $3.3B).
On earnings, Knife River is cheaper: it trades at 23.5× trailing earnings, against 33.3× for Vulcan Materials.
Knife River grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.1% versus 1.6% for Vulcan Materials).
Vulcan Materials keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.8% compared with 4.2% at Knife River.
Vulcan Materials pays a dividend yielding 0.73%; Knife River does not pay one.
Vulcan Materials scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 11 for Knife River), 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 | VMC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $36.4B |
| Share price | $57.50 | $281.25 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.2% | −4.7% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 43.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 0.82 |
| Employees | 5,298 | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.5× (better) | 33.3× |
| P/S | 1.0× (better) | 4.6× |
| P/B | 2.0× (better) | 4.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.9× (better) | 17.5× |
| P/FCF | 75.8× | 46.7× (better) |
| PEG | 2.25 | 1.42 (better) |
| FCF yield | 1.3% | 2.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $57.88 | $214.77 |
| Margin of safety | 0.65% (better) | −31.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.1% (better) | 1.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 10.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −8.7% | −1.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −8.9% | 0.36% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 13.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 27.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 20.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 13.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.3% | 9.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 12.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 9.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.01 | 0.56 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.23 | 1.96 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.1× | 7.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.66 (better) | 1.43 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.33 | 3.95 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.73% |
| Payout ratio | – | 24.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 7.6% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 96.7% | 98.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.70% | 0.21% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$15.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.9% | 4.1% |
Go deeper
- KNF stock overview
- KNF income statement
- KNF valuation and score
- VMC stock overview
- VMC income statement
- VMC valuation and score
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