profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Knife River
$56.30-0.67% today
-17.4% in 1 year
1-year low $47.981-year high $93.97
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $20.34 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Knife River sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.53 billion in 2022 to $3.15 billion in 2025, with $157 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Knife River vs. similar companies
Knife River grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knife River | 20.3× · Fair price | ||
 UltraTech Cement | 43.6× · Expensive | ||
 Martin Marietta Materials | 32.1× · Expensive | ||
 Heidelberg Materials | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Grasim Industries | 41.4× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Knife River's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,535 | 2,830 | 2,899 | 3,146 | |
| 361 | 539 | 570 | 577 | |
| 194 | 296 | 316 | 286 | |
| 307 | 427 | 463 | 489 | |
| 116 | 183 | 202 | 157 | |
| 2.05 | 3.23 | 3.55 | 2.76 | |
| 14.2% | 19.0% | 19.7% | 18.4% | |
| 7.7% | 10.5% | 10.9% | 9.1% | |
| 4.6% | 6.5% | 7.0% | 5.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,294 | 2,600 | 2,851 | 3,650 |
| Cash | 10 | 262 | 281 | 123 |
| Total debt | 731 | 726 | 727 | 1,218 |
| Total liabilities | 1,266 | 1,334 | 1,375 | 2,009 |
| 1,029 | 1,266 | 1,476 | 1,641 | |
| 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | |
| 8.5% | 12.0% | 11.7% | 8.2% | |
| 11.3% | 14.4% | 13.7% | 9.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 336 | 322 | 278 | |
| 178 | 124 | 172 | 348 | |
| 29 | 211 | 150 | -70 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Valuation
- 20.3×
- 17.6×
- 1.97
- 2.0×
- 1.0×
- –
- 8.8×
- -2.2%
- 4.9%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 18.4%
- 9.1%
- 5.0%
- 15.5%
- 8.4%
- 10.3%
- 9.4%
- 3.8%
- 8.2%
- –
Growth
- +7.5%
- +10.3%
- −146.4%
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 2.2×
- 0.74
- 38.8%
- 3.6×
- 2.54
- 1.31
- 0.84
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 37%of 989
Bottom 46%of 954
Top 49%of 778
Top 37%of 940
Bottom 22%of 990
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $99.75
- Range
- $80.00 – $109.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | -1.40 | -1.42 | +1.4% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.56 | 0.41 | +36.6% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 2.52 | 2.45 | +2.9% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 0.89 | 1.27 | −29.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | -1.21 | -0.89 | −36.0% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 0.41 | 0.40 | +2.5% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 2.60 | 2.81 | −7.5% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 1.37 | 1.24 | +10.5% |
News
Nvidia’s valuation tumbles to a 15-year low. A bargain or a falling knife?MarketWatch · Nov 11, 2026Activist Starboard pushes Knife River to boost margins, explore alternativesSeeking Alpha · Oct 30, 2026A dot-com survivor warns retail investors against buying the tech dip: ‘You’re taking a knife to a gunfight.’MarketWatch · Oct 26, 2026Knife River urged to explore sale by activist Starboard Value - WSJSeeking Alpha · Sep 23, 2026Trump’s Greenland fixation puts security at the heart of Iceland’s knife-edge EU voteCNBC · Aug 28, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
41No pass
Benjamin Graham
66Pass
Philip Fisher
40No pass
Peter Lynch
41No pass
Joel Greenblatt
34No pass
Charlie Munger
28No pass
Terry Smith
21No pass
Questions about Knife River
Is Knife River a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Knife River AI analysis
What does Knife River do?
Knife River Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides aggregates-based construction materials and contracting services in the United States. The company operates through West, Mountain, Central, and Energy Services segments. It is in Building Materials, based in Bismarck, ND, United States, with 5,298 employees.
Does Knife River pay a dividend?
No. Knife River does not pay a dividend at the moment.
Is Knife River stock halal?
No. Knife River does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 38% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Knife River stock done over the past year?
Down 17.4% over the past twelve months, to $56.30. It traded between $47.98 and $93.97 and is 40.1% below its high.
Who are Knife River's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are UltraTech Cement, Martin Marietta Materials, Heidelberg Materials and Grasim Industries. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Knife River's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.