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Knife River Corporation (KNF) vs Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR (LOMA)

Knife River Corporation and Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR are both Building Materials companies. Knife River Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $1.2B — 2.4× the size. Knife River Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.4× against 34.6×. Knife River Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.1% against −11.6%. Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (4.77% vs 4.23%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.21% vs 5.51%). Across the 22 metrics below, Knife River Corporation leads on 13 and Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR on 9.

Valuation

Metric KNF LOMA Building Materials median
P/E 20.45 34.59 17.42
P/S 0.87 1.69 1.63
P/B 1.78 1.29 2.18
Price to free cash flow 44.87 19.89 28.70
EV/EBITDA 8.90 9.19 9.23
EV/Sales 1.32 1.96 1.90
Earnings yield 4.89% 2.89% 4.89%
Free cash flow yield 2.23% 5.03% 3.13%

Profitability

Metric KNF LOMA Building Materials median
Gross margin 17.83% 21.46% 27.27%
Operating margin 8.32% 10.68% 13.85%
Net margin 4.23% 4.77% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 1.93% 8.48% 8.06%
Return on equity 9.12% 3.79% 9.62%
Return on assets 3.58% 2.19% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 5.51% 4.21% 6.03%

Growth

Metric KNF LOMA Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.13% (11.60%) 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (22.25%) (88.28%) (0.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.63% 2.80% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 1.29% (34.89%) 7.04%

Health

Metric KNF LOMA Building Materials median
Debt to equity 1.01 0.23 0.51
Current ratio 2.66 2.25 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 2.16 1.48 1.48

Dividend

Metric KNF LOMA Building Materials median
Dividend yield — — 0.93%
Payout ratio — — 0.19

Size

Metric KNF LOMA Building Materials median
Market cap 2.84b 1.18b 2.68b

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