Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Wednesday, Knife River Corp (NYSE: KNF) had a quiet start as it plunged -0.80% to $74.03, before settling in for the price of $74.63 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KNF posted a 52-week range of $58.72-$108.83.
It was noted that the giant of the Basic Materials sector posted annual sales growth of 8.03% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 8.03%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -24.23%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $56.66 million, simultaneously with a float of $56.36 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $4.19 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $69.11, while the 200-day Moving Average is $83.74.
Knife River Corp (KNF) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Building Materials industry. Knife River Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.55%, in contrast to 92.87% institutional ownership.
Knife River Corp (KNF) Earnings and Revenue Records
Knife River Corp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -24.23% and is forecasted to reach 3.35 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 4.94% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 8.03% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Knife River Corp (NYSE: KNF) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Knife River Corp (KNF). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.47. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $28.45, and its Beta score is 0.54. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.38.
In the same vein, KNF’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.60, a figure that is expected to reach 0.44 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.35 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Knife River Corp (KNF)
Going through the that latest performance of [Knife River Corp, KNF]. Its last 5-days volume of 0.51 million was inferior to the volume of 0.61 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 91.54% While, its Average True Range was 69.48.
Raw Stochastic average of Knife River Corp (KNF) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 42.52%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 86.79% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 2.12 that was lower than 2.50 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
