Knife River KNF Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 18.2%-0.7pp | 18.4%-1.3pp | 17.9%-1.8pp | 18.1%-1.5pp | 18.9%0.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 8.8%-1.0pp | 9.1%-1.8pp | 8.7%-2.0pp | 8.8%-2.0pp | 9.8%-0.2pp | |
| Net margin | 4.6%-1.6pp | 5%-2.0pp | 4.9%-2.0pp | 5.2%-1.7pp | 6.2%0.0pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 15.3%+0.5pp | 15.2%-0.4pp | 14.5%-0.8pp | 14.2%-1.2pp | 14.7%+0.2pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 9.9%-3.9pp | 10.1%-4.6pp | 9.7%-5.1pp | 11.1%-5.4pp | 13.8%-2.3pp | |
| Return on assets | 4.1%-2.1pp | 4.8%-2.6pp | 4.5%-2.7pp | 4.9%-2.6pp | 6.2%-1.1pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4%+3.6pp | 12.3%-0.6pp | 11.3%-1.0pp | 10.9%-1.1pp | 6.7%-9.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×-0.2× | |
| Inventory turnover | 5.5×-0.1× | 6.3×-0.4× | 6.4×-0.6× | 5.6×-0.5× | 5.6×-0.5× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.7×-0.3× | 2.5×-0.1× | 2.4×-0.3× | 2.8×+0.3× | 2.9×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.3×-0.2× | 1.4×-0.3× | 1.5×-0.4× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.5×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×-0.2× | 0.3×-0.4× | 0.2×-0.5× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.4×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.8×+0.3× | 1×+0.4× | 0.9×+0.3× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.9×+0.4× | 2.3×+1.3× | 2.6×+1.6× | 3.2×+1.6× | 2.5×+1.2× | |
| Interest coverage | 3.2×-1.9× | 3.5×-2.2× | 3.6×-2.0× | 4×-1.4× | 5.1×+0.5× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $27.50+10.6% | $28.84+11.1% | $28.25+10.9% | $25.67+12.3% | $24.86+15.4% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.63B-9.4% | $3.99B-30.7% | $4.36B-13.9% | $4.8B+21.0% | $5.11B+11.3% | |
| Enterprise value | $6.03B-2.5% | $5.08B-18.0% | $5.51B-0.1% | $6.13B+32.1% | $6.19B+20.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 31.6×+3.3× | 25.4×-3.2× | 29.4×+4.0× | 31.3×+11.3× | 28.3×+2.3× | |
| Price / sales | 1.4×-0.3× | 1.3×-0.7× | 1.4×-0.3× | 1.6×+0.2× | 1.7×+0.1× | |
| Price / book | 3×-0.7× | 2.4×-1.5× | 2.7×-0.8× | 3.3×+0.2× | 3.6×-0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3×-2.0× | 10.6×-3.1× | 12.5×0.0× | 14.7×+4.1× | 14.4×+1.9× | |
| EV / sales | 1.9×-0.2× | 1.6×-0.5× | 1.8×-0.1× | 2.1×+0.5× | 2.1×+0.3× | |
| Earnings yield | 3.2%-0.4pp | 3.9%+0.4pp | 3.4%-0.5pp | 3.2%-1.8pp | 3.5%-0.3pp |
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- 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.
