Taking the lead: Knife River Corp (KNF)

With 0.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.39 million shares. During the session, the Building Materials company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $80.745 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $73.41. The 52-week range on KNF shows that it touched its highest point at $83.78 and its lowest point at $33.67 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $87.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.36.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KNF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.88%, but this was down by -2.44% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 18.14% while six-month performance rose 44.18%. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KNF yields 3.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.14. For the next quarter, that number is 1.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.58% for this year and 14.76% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 56.58 million KNF shares are outstanding with a float of 56.15 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 1.42 million, which was 250.0 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. Brian R. Gray as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Nathan W. Ring serves as its VP & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.82242996 of KNF’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2023-12-31, KNF reported revenue of $646888000.0 and operating income of $37205000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $72195000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.36.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KNF since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.