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Knife River Holding Co (Knife River Holding Co) PB Ratio : 3.65 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Knife River Holding Co PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-05-11), Knife River Holding Co's share price is $78.53. Knife River Holding Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $21.53. Hence, Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio of today is 3.65.

Warning Sign:

Knife River Holding Co stock PB Ratio (=3.65) is close to 1-year high of 3.78

The historical rank and industry rank for Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KNF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.18   Med: 2.67   Max: 3.78
Current: 3.65

During the past 4 years, Knife River Holding Co's highest PB Ratio was 3.78. The lowest was 2.18. And the median was 2.67.

KNF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
86.81% of 379 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 1.21 vs KNF: 3.65

During the past 12 months, Knife River Holding Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 24.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Knife River Holding Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Knife River Holding Co PB Ratio Chart

Knife River Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
- - - 2.96

Knife River Holding Co Quarterly Data
Dec20 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 2.25 2.22 2.96 3.77

Competitive Comparison of Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio

For the Building Materials subindustry, Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio falls into.



Knife River Holding Co PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Knife River Holding Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=78.53/21.527
=3.65

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Knife River Holding Co  (NYSE:KNF) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Knife River Holding Co (Knife River Holding Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1150 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, ND, USA, 58503
Knife River Holding Co formerly Knife River Corp provides construction materials and contracting services throughout the western, central, and southern United States. Knife River produces and delivers aggregates and markets crushed stone, sand, gravel, and related construction materials, including ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and other value-added products. It also distributes cement and asphalt oil. It has more than 1 billion tons of aggregate reserves, 110 ready-mix plants, 50 asphalt plants, and a combined 410,000 tons of liquid asphalt and cement storage. The company also performs integrated contracting services for most types of aggregate-related construction, including roads, freeways, bridges, residential properties, schools, shopping centers, office buildings, and industrial parks.
Executives
Thomas S Everist director
William J Sandbrook director C/O U.S. CONCRETE, INC., 331 N. MAIN STREET, EULESS TX 76039
Trevor J Hastings officer: Vice President & COO 1250 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Karen B Fagg director P. O. BOX 5650, BISMARCK ND 58506-5650
German Carmona-alvarez director 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Glenn R. Pladsen officer: VP of Support Services 1150 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
John F. Quade officer: VP of Business Development 1150 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Marney L. Kadrmas officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1150 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Patricia L Moss director 1100 N.W. WALL STREET, P.O. BOX 369, BEND OR 97701
Jason L Vollmer director 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
David L Goodin director, officer: Chair of the Board 400 NORTH FOURTH STREET, BISMARCK ND 58501
Nathan W Ring officer: Vice President & CFO 1150 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Karl A Liepitz director, officer: General Counsel & Secretary 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Brian R. Gray director, officer: President & CEO 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503
Mdu Resources Group Inc 10 percent owner 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE, BISMARCK ND 58503