AMRZ vs KNF vs RPM Stock Comparison

Amrize, Knife River and Rpm International Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMRZ Amrize Ltd
$42.66 +14.4% 1M -16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$23.07B
P/E
18.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.26B
Div. yield
–
Cement Basic Materials
3 wins
KNF Knife River Corp
$57.22 +7.4% 1M -20.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.22B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.38B
Div. yield
–
Aggregates Basic Materials
1 win
RPM Rpm International Inc/De/
$105.33 +7.1% 1M -2.1% 1Y
Market cap
$13.20B
P/E
19.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.97B
Div. yield
–
Paints and Coatings Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Rpm International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Rpm International 6, Amrize 3, Knife River 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRZKNFRPMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.07B $3.22B $13.20B AMRZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.4x 23.9x 19.1x AMRZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 23.1x 18.9x RPM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.5% +10.9% +6.0% KNF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.2% 4.0% 8.7% AMRZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.0% 6.1% 12.5% RPM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 2.8x 1.8x RPM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.1% -20.7% -2.1% RPM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +3.2%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.0% 51.1% 30.7% RPM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 40/100 60/100 RPM

Percentile Scorecard

AMRZKNFRPM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMRZKNFRPM
Valuation 67 #4 of 10 78 #3 of 10 49 #49 of 95
Growth 43 #5 of 8 57 #4 of 8 59 #39 of 93
Profitability 14 #7 of 8 0 #8 of 8 85 #14 of 89
Financial Health 75 #3 of 9 25 #7 of 9 54 #45 of 96
Shareholder Returns 71 #3 of 8 – 54 #35 of 75
Overall 54 40 60
  • AMRZ ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • KNF ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • RPM ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMRZKNFRPMSPY
1 month +14.4%+7.4%+7.1% -5.9%
3 months -16.7%-15.1%-8.9% -4.6%
6 months -20.2%-35.5%+3.9% +0.2%
Year to date -21.1%-18.7%+1.3% +7.5%
1 year -16.1%-20.7%-2.1% +8.2%
3 years —-3.0%+9.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year —-1.0%+3.1% +19.0%
5 years ——+17.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year ——+3.2% +9.4%
10 years ——+123.5% +251.5%
10 years, per year ——+8.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAMRZKNFRPMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.0%51.1%30.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.3%52.7%26.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.241.410.92 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.42-0.41-0.07 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.2%-55.3%-33.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.2%-39.1%-12.3% -5.9%
52-week high $65.86$93.97$120.17 $779.14
52-week low $36.09$47.97$93.23 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMRZKNFRPM
P/E now vs peer median 18.6xmedian 21.3x 24.1xmedian 21.3x 19.3xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 1.8x 1.7xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.8xmedian 10.0x 9.4xmedian 10.0x 13.2xmedian 11.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.3xmedian 31.1x -341.5xmedian 31.1x 19.0xmedian 17.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.1x 1.9xmedian 2.1x 3.9xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.95 -2.59median 2.95 1.76median 1.76

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMRZKNFRPM
Revenue $12.26B $3.38B $7.97B
Gross profit $3.05B $592.94M $3.28B
Operating income $1.90B $274.25M $961.65M
Net income $1.26B $134.62M $691.27M
Free cash flow $1.08B -$9.51M $705.58M
EPS (diluted) $2.30 $2.37 $5.42
Cash & equivalents $299.00M $177.32M $312.84M
Total debt $5.85B $1.55B $2.41B
Shares (diluted) 545.50M 56.83M 127.24M
Enterprise value $19.02B $2.74B $11.97B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMRZKNFRPM
P/E 18.6x 24.1x 19.3x
P/FCF 21.3x -341.5x 19.0x
P/Operating cash flow 11.4x 12.6x 14.5x
P/S 1.9x 1.0x 1.7x
P/B 1.8x 1.9x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 1.9x 5.0x
EV/EBITDA 9.8x 9.4x 13.2x
EV/EBIT 15.0x 16.9x 16.1x
EV/Revenue 2.3x 1.4x 1.9x
EV/FCF 26.4x -486.2x 22.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.1x 18.0x 16.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -2.59 1.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRZKNFRPM
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.5% 10.9% 6.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 7.5% 2.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.0% 8.6% 5.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 6.0% 5.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.5% 3.6% 9.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -2.4% 5.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 8.7% -9.2% 0.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -9.3% 10.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.0% -9.1% 0.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -9.3% 11.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.1% 0.7% 22.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -7.2% 0.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -24.4% 88.2% 36.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -27.1% 2.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRZKNFRPM
Gross margin 24.8% 17.5% 41.2%
EBITDA margin 23.6% 14.6% 14.8%
Operating margin 15.5% 8.1% 12.1%
Pretax margin 12.8% 5.5% 11.4%
Net margin 10.2% 4.0% 8.7%
FCF margin 8.8% -0.3% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 16.4% 7.6% 11.6%
Return on equity 9.8% 8.0% 20.4%
Return on assets 5.1% 3.2% 8.3%
Return on invested capital 8.0% 6.1% 12.5%
Return on capital employed 9.3% 7.4% 15.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.8x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRZKNFRPM
Debt / assets 24.0% 36.2% 29.2%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.9x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 2.8x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 5.4x -163.3x 3.4x
Liabilities / assets 47.6% 59.3% 57.7%
Equity / assets 52.4% 40.7% 42.3%
Interest coverage – 3.0x 8.9x
Current ratio 1.1x 2.7x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.05 2.38 3.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRZKNFRPM
Dividend yield 1.5% – 2.1%
Net buyback yield – – 0.6%
Shareholder yield 1.5% – 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMRZKNFRPM
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 23.1xFY2026 18.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.21FY2026 $2.48FY2026 $5.58FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.3%FY2026 -10.1%FY2026 +0.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.3% +6.0% +12.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.98BFY2026 $3.65BFY2026 $7.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.9%FY2026 +15.9%FY2026 -2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.4% +2.5% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRZKNFRPM
Held by institutions 46.6% 96.7% 86.1%
Institutions holding 463 393 797
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.5% +0.9% +3.8%
Institutions buying 290 167 386
Institutions selling 128 139 245
Buyers to sellers 2.27 1.20 1.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMRZKNFRPM
AMRZ 1.00 0.48 0.61
KNF 0.48 1.00 0.55
RPM 0.61 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMRZ, KNF and RPM?

Amrize (AMRZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amrize (AMRZ) $23.07B, Knife River (KNF) $3.22B, Rpm International (RPM) $13.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMRZ, KNF and RPM?

Amrize (AMRZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amrize (AMRZ) 18.4x, Knife River (KNF) 23.9x, Rpm International (RPM) 19.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rpm International (RPM) is cheapest (Amrize (AMRZ) 19.3x, Knife River (KNF) 23.1x, Rpm International (RPM) 18.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Knife River (KNF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amrize (AMRZ) +3.5%, Knife River (KNF) +10.9%, Rpm International (RPM) +6.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amrize (AMRZ) has the highest net margin (Amrize (AMRZ) 10.2%, Knife River (KNF) 4.0%, Rpm International (RPM) 8.7%). On return on invested capital, Rpm International (RPM) leads (Amrize (AMRZ) 8.0%, Knife River (KNF) 6.1%, Rpm International (RPM) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Rpm International (RPM) returned the most: Amrize (AMRZ) -16.1%, Knife River (KNF) -20.7%, Rpm International (RPM) -2.1%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rpm International (RPM) has been the steadiest (Amrize (AMRZ) 38.0%, Knife River (KNF) 51.1%, Rpm International (RPM) 30.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMRZ, KNF and RPM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rpm International (RPM) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.