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Knife River Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Knife River Corp had return on equity of 10.1% and a net margin of 5.0%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin5.8%4.6%6.5%7.0%5.0%4.2%
Return on equity13.6%11.7%15.9%14.7%10.1%8.6%
Return on assets5.9%5.2%7.5%7.4%4.8%3.6%
Effective tax rate25.1%26.8%25.5%25.6%26.3%26.7%
SG&A as % of revenue7.0%6.6%8.6%8.7%9.3%9.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $4.2bn
Short-term assets $1.3bnLonger-term assets $2.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $4.2bn
Short-term liabilities $477mLonger-term liabilities $2.1bnShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $477m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $2.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $41m of cash against $1.6bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 101% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $313m of operating cash flow against $1.6bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $275m against $90m of interest.

From Knife River Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Knife River Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Knife River Corp.