Knife River Corporation

KNF stock score: 49/100

$52.44 · +2.46% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
40
Fundamental
59
News
52

The reading

Knife River (KNF) scores 49 out of 100, which reads weak, higher than 40% of Basic Materials stocks and 40% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 40, fundamentals 59.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Earnings Estimates at 13 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 43 and contrarian oscillators 51.

News sentiment is neutral at 52; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 45 to 52, and it ends the period where it started.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward KNF’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

59

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Estimates13

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

  • Gross Margins30

    Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.

  • Free Cash Flow Yield33

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

39 weighted scorers; 2 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

39

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO)96

    Percentage Price Oscillator shows the difference between two moving averages as a percentage.

  • Know Sure Thing (KST)94

    Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA 2000

    Simple Moving Average (200-period) is the most widely followed long-term trend indicator.

  • SMA 1000

    Simple Moving Average (100-period) provides a longer-term perspective on price trends.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
52

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly571
Daily393
Weekly302
Monthly382
Quarterly442

Composite score, last 90 days

05010049Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 49Jul 26, 2026: 49Jul 27, 2026: 50Jul 28, 2026: 52Jul 29, 2026: 48Jul 30, 2026: 47Jul 31, 2026: 47Aug 2, 2026: 46Aug 3, 2026: 51Aug 5, 2026: 45Aug 6, 2026: 46Aug 7, 2026: 47Aug 8, 2026: 47Aug 9, 2026: 47Aug 10, 2026: 47Aug 11, 2026: 48Aug 12, 2026: 48Aug 13, 2026: 47Aug 14, 2026: 46Aug 15, 2026: 47Aug 16, 2026: 47Aug 17, 2026: 47Aug 18, 2026: 46Aug 19, 2026: 48Aug 20, 2026: 47Aug 22, 2026: 48Aug 23, 2026: 48Aug 24, 2026: 46Aug 25, 2026: 48Aug 26, 2026: 48Aug 27, 2026: 49Aug 28, 2026: 47Aug 29, 2026: 47Aug 30, 2026: 47Aug 31, 2026: 46Sep 1, 2026: 48Sep 2, 2026: 47Sep 3, 2026: 47Sep 4, 2026: 47Sep 5, 2026: 47Sep 6, 2026: 47Sep 7, 2026: 47Sep 8, 2026: 47Sep 9, 2026: 45Sep 10, 2026: 45Sep 11, 2026: 45Sep 12, 2026: 46Sep 13, 2026: 46Sep 14, 2026: 45Sep 15, 2026: 46Sep 16, 2026: 46Sep 17, 2026: 45Sep 18, 2026: 46Sep 19, 2026: 46Sep 20, 2026: 46Sep 21, 2026: 47Sep 22, 2026: 47Sep 23, 2026: 47Sep 24, 2026: 47Sep 25, 2026: 47Sep 26, 2026: 47Sep 27, 2026: 47Sep 28, 2026: 46Sep 29, 2026: 46Sep 30, 2026: 45Oct 1, 2026: 45Oct 2, 2026: 45Oct 3, 2026: 46Oct 4, 2026: 46Oct 5, 2026: 47Oct 6, 2026: 48Oct 7, 2026: 46Oct 8, 2026: 47Oct 9, 2026: 46Oct 10, 2026: 46Oct 11, 2026: 46Oct 12, 2026: 46Oct 13, 2026: 46Oct 14, 2026: 46Oct 15, 2026: 47Oct 16, 2026: 48Oct 17, 2026: 48Oct 18, 2026: 48Oct 19, 2026: 47Oct 20, 2026: 49Oct 21, 2026: 49
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 21, 202649
Oct 20, 202649
Oct 19, 202647
Oct 18, 202648
Oct 17, 202648
Oct 16, 202648
Oct 15, 202647
Oct 14, 202646
Oct 13, 202646
Oct 12, 202646
Oct 11, 202646
Oct 10, 202646
Oct 9, 202646
Oct 8, 202647
Oct 7, 202646
Oct 6, 202648
Oct 5, 202647
Oct 4, 202646
Oct 3, 202646
Oct 2, 202645
Oct 1, 202645
Sep 30, 202645
Sep 29, 202646
Sep 28, 202646
Sep 27, 202647
Sep 26, 202647
Sep 25, 202647
Sep 24, 202647
Sep 23, 202647
Sep 22, 202647
Sep 21, 202647
Sep 20, 202646
Sep 19, 202646
Sep 18, 202646
Sep 17, 202645
Sep 16, 202646
Sep 15, 202646
Sep 14, 202645
Sep 13, 202646
Sep 12, 202646
Sep 11, 202645
Sep 10, 202645
Sep 9, 202645
Sep 8, 202647
Sep 7, 202647
Sep 6, 202647
Sep 5, 202647
Sep 4, 202647
Sep 3, 202647
Sep 2, 202647
Sep 1, 202648
Aug 31, 202646
Aug 30, 202647
Aug 29, 202647
Aug 28, 202647
Aug 27, 202649
Aug 26, 202648
Aug 25, 202648
Aug 24, 202646
Aug 23, 202648
Aug 22, 202648
Aug 20, 202647
Aug 19, 202648
Aug 18, 202646
Aug 17, 202647
Aug 16, 202647
Aug 15, 202647
Aug 14, 202646
Aug 13, 202647
Aug 12, 202648
Aug 11, 202648
Aug 10, 202647
Aug 9, 202647
Aug 8, 202647
Aug 7, 202647
Aug 6, 202646
Aug 5, 202645
Aug 3, 202651
Aug 2, 202646
Jul 31, 202647
Jul 30, 202647
Jul 29, 202648
Jul 28, 202652
Jul 27, 202650
Jul 26, 202649
Jul 25, 202649

Key facts

Market cap
$3.0B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Building Materials
Beta
0.60
Risk grade (1–10)
1
Next earnings
Nov 3, 2026

Building Materials peers

CompanyMarket capScore
AMRZ Amrize$21.2B51
JHX James Hardie Industries$15.3B55
CX CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.$15.0B58
EXP Eagle Materials$5.3B54
USLM United States Lime & Minerals$3.1B61
TTAM Titan America SA$2.5B56

Questions

What is KNF's stock score today?

KNF scores 49/100 (Weak) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 40, fundamental 59, and news sentiment 52, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is KNF a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 49 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean weak today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the KNF score calculated?

100 weighted scorers feed it today: 39 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.