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Knife River KNF Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin18.2%-0.7pp18.4%-1.3pp17.9%-1.8pp18.1%-1.5pp18.9%0.0pp
Operating margin8.8%-1.0pp9.1%-1.8pp8.7%-2.0pp8.8%-2.0pp9.8%-0.2pp
Net margin4.6%-1.6pp5%-2.0pp4.9%-2.0pp5.2%-1.7pp6.2%0.0pp
EBITDA margin15.3%+0.5pp15.2%-0.4pp14.5%-0.8pp14.2%-1.2pp14.7%+0.2pp
Returns
Return on equity9.9%-3.9pp10.1%-4.6pp9.7%-5.1pp11.1%-5.4pp13.8%-2.3pp
Return on assets4.1%-2.1pp4.8%-2.6pp4.5%-2.7pp4.9%6.2%
Return on invested capital10.4%+3.6pp12.3%-0.6pp11.3%-1.0pp10.9%6.7%
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×-0.1×-0.1×0.9×-0.1×0.9×
Inventory turnover5.5×-0.1×6.3×-0.4×6.4×-0.6×5.6×5.6×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.7×-0.3×2.5×-0.1×2.4×-0.3×2.8×+0.3×2.9×+0.2×
Quick ratio1.3×-0.2×1.4×-0.3×1.5×-0.4×1.6×+0.1×1.5×0.0×
Cash ratio0.2×-0.2×0.3×-0.4×0.2×-0.5×0.2×0.0×0.4×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity+0.1×0.7×+0.2×0.8×+0.3×+0.4×0.9×+0.3×
Debt-to-assets0.4×0.0×0.3×+0.1×0.3×+0.1×0.4×+0.1×0.4×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA2.9×+0.4×2.3×+1.3×2.6×+1.6×3.2×+1.6×2.5×+1.2×
Interest coverage3.2×-1.9×3.5×-2.2×3.6×-2.0×-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 / earnings31.6×+3.3×25.4×-3.2×29.4×+4.0×31.3×+11.3×28.3×+2.3×
Price / sales1.4×-0.3×1.3×-0.7×1.4×-0.3×1.6×+0.2×1.7×+0.1×
Price / book-0.7×2.4×-1.5×2.7×-0.8×3.3×+0.2×3.6×-0.1×
EV / EBITDA12.3×-2.0×10.6×-3.1×12.5×0.0×14.7×+4.1×14.4×+1.9×
EV / sales1.9×-0.2×1.6×-0.5×1.8×-0.1×2.1×+0.5×2.1×+0.3×
Earnings yield3.2%-0.4pp3.9%+0.4pp3.4%-0.5pp3.2%-1.8pp3.5%-0.3pp

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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.