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Knife River KNF Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin18.2%-0.1pp18.4%+0.4pp17.9%-0.2pp18.1%-0.8pp18.9%-0.7pp
Operating margin8.8%-0.3pp9.1%+0.4pp8.7%-0.1pp8.8%-1.1pp9.8%-1.1pp
Net margin4.6%-0.4pp5%+0.1pp4.9%-0.3pp5.2%-1.0pp6.2%-0.8pp
Returns
Return on equity9.9%-0.2pp10.1%+0.4pp9.7%-1.4pp11.1%-2.6pp13.8%-1.0pp
Return on invested capital10.4%-1.9pp12.3%+0.9pp11.3%+0.5pp10.9%+4.1pp6.7%-6.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×-0.1×0.0×0.9×0.0×0.9×-0.1×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.7×+0.1×2.5×+0.1×2.4×-0.4×2.8×-0.2×2.9×+0.3×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity+0.2×0.7×0.0×0.8×-0.2×+0.1×0.9×+0.4×
Net debt / EBITDA2.9×+0.6×2.3×-0.3×2.6×-0.6×3.2×+0.7×2.5×+1.5×
Per Share
Book value per share$27.50-4.7%$28.84+2.1%$28.25+10.1%$25.67+3.3%$24.86-4.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization$4.63B+16.1%$3.99B-8.5%$4.36B-9.3%$4.8B-6.0%$5.11B-11.2%
Price / earnings31.6×+6.2×25.4×-4.0×29.4×-2.0×31.3×+3.1×28.3×-0.3×
Price / sales1.4×+0.2×1.3×-0.2×1.4×-0.2×1.6×-0.1×1.7×-0.2×
Price / book+0.5×2.4×-0.3×2.7×-0.6×3.3×-0.3×3.6×-0.3×
EV / EBITDA12.3×+1.7×10.6×-1.9×12.5×-2.2×14.7×+0.3×14.4×+0.7×

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Questions, answered.

What are Knife River's profit margins?
Knife River (KNF) runs a 18.2% gross margin and a 8.8% operating margin, with a 4.6% net margin.
Where do Knife River's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Knife River's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.