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 ($36.5B against $3.3B).
On earnings, Knife River is cheaper: it trades at 23.8× trailing earnings, against 33.7× 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 0.55%; Knife River does not pay one.
Vulcan Materials scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 8 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 | $36.5B |
| Share price | $58.33 | $284.37 |
| Change, 1 year | −18.8% | −2.9% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 45.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.04 | 0.81 |
| Employees | 5,298 | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.8× (better) | 33.7× |
| P/S | 1.0× (better) | 4.6× |
| P/B | 2.1× (better) | 4.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.0× (better) | 17.6× |
| P/FCF | 76.9× | 46.7× (better) |
| PEG | 2.28 | 1.43 (better) |
| FCF yield | 1.3% | 2.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $55.13 | $212.07 |
| Margin of safety | −5.8% (better) | −34.1% |
| 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 | 2.34 | 3.95 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.55% |
| Payout ratio | – | 24.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 7.6% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 96.7% | 99.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.70% | 0.18% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$17.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.2% | 2.9% |
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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