Knife Riv Holding (KNF) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.44
- Estimate
- $2.56
- Surprise
- -4.4%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.28B
- Score today
- 4.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Knife Riv Holding (KNF) missed the $2.56 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.44 — a clear 4.4% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- Knife River Holding Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-03
- Knife River Q3 Earnings Fall, Revenue Rises; Trims 2026 Revenue Guidance — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-03
- Knife River CEO Says Market Dynamics, Project Delays & Higher Fuel Costs Carried Into Q3, Hit Contracting Services Harde — benzinga, 2026-11-03
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KNF Sell at 4.8/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -4.4% surprise compares with a -4.5% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0)
- Reward/Risk 0.6:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $58.53
- Price target
- $63.68
- Stop
- $54.43
- Upside to target
- +8.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.6:1
The stock trades at 24.7× trailing but 18.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 84 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 2.0× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KNF at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Building Materials
- Market cap
- $3.32B
- P/E (fwd)
- 18.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 24.7
- 52-week range
- $47.79–$96.28
- Off 52-week high
- 39.2%
- RSI (14)
- 84
- Volume vs avg
- 1.97×
- Score today
- 4.8/10