GVA vs KNF vs TTAM Stock Comparison

Granite Construction, Knife River and Titan America Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GVA Granite Construction Inc
$110.49 -4.1% 1M +6.4% 1Y
Market cap
$4.93B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
0.00%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
4 wins
KNF Knife River Corp
$54.83 +0.4% 1M -12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.07B
P/E
21.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.31B
Div. yield
–
Aggregates Basic Materials
TTAM Titan America SA
$13.69 -1.2% 1M -11.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.45B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.70B
Div. yield
–
Cement Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Titan America leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Titan America 6, Granite Construction 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGVAKNFTTAMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.93B $3.07B $2.45B GVA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -29.9x 21.9x 14.3x TTAM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.5x 13.6x TTAM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.8% +12.1% — GVA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.3% 4.2% 10.0% TTAM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.4% 6.5% 15.9% TTAM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 3.1x 1.2x TTAM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.4% -12.1% -11.2% GVA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.9%/yr — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.1% 51.1% 37.0% GVA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 23/100 67/100 TTAM

Percentile Scorecard

GVAKNFTTAM

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

AxisGVAKNFTTAM
Valuation 84 #9 of 52 56 #5 of 10 89 #2 of 10
Growth 50 #19 of 37 – –
Profitability 50 #19 of 37 0 #8 of 8 64 #3 of 8
Financial Health 36 #37 of 57 13 #8 of 9 88 #2 of 9
Shareholder Returns 65 #10 of 27 – 29 #6 of 8
Overall 57 23 67
  • GVA ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • KNF ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • TTAM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGVAKNFTTAMSPY
1 month -4.1%+0.4%-1.2% -0.2%
3 months -8.9%-30.6%-22.3% +3.9%
6 months -11.5%-37.7%-15.7% +8.2%
Year to date -4.2%-22.1%-16.9% +12.9%
1 year +6.4%-12.1%-11.2% +12.3%
3 years +222.4%+14.2%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +47.8%+4.5%— +23.3%
5 years +192.0%—— +67.9%
5 years, per year +23.9%—— +10.9%
10 years +158.7%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +10.0%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGVAKNFTTAMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.1%51.1%37.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.6%51.4%39.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.971.311.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.19-0.24-0.30 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.4%-55.3%-34.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.1%-41.7%-29.1% -1.2%
52-week high $160.39$93.97$19.32 $779.14
52-week low $98.50$47.97$13.08 $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.

MultipleGVAKNFTTAM
P/E now vs peer median -29.3xmedian 26.7x 22.2xmedian 20.3x 14.7xmedian 20.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 0.8x 0.9xmedian 1.8x 1.5xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.8xmedian 13.1x 9.4xmedian 9.5x 7.8xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 23.0x 72.3xmedian 31.6x 6.1xmedian 31.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 2.4x 1.9xmedian 2.3x 2.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.40median 0.57 14.99median 2.85 —median 2.85

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 monthsGVAKNFTTAM
Revenue $4.97B $3.31B $1.70B
Gross profit $776.94M $589.67M $420.97M
Operating income $314.31M $275.33M $242.26M
Net income -$151.53M $139.89M $217.37M
Free cash flow $471.91M $43.06M $411.59M
EPS (diluted) $-3.77 $2.46 $0.93
Cash & equivalents $877.12M $102.03M $36.38M
Total debt $1.56B $1.62B $506.76M
Shares (diluted) 43.75M 56.88M 183.46M
Enterprise value $2.55B $2.69B $1.93B

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
MetricGVAKNFTTAM
P/E -29.3x 22.2x 14.7x
P/FCF 10.2x 72.3x 6.1x
P/Operating cash flow 8.0x 10.0x 10.3x
P/S 1.0x 0.9x 1.5x
P/B 6.0x 1.9x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 2.0x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 10.8x 9.4x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 17.4x 16.8x 12.2x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 1.4x 1.7x
EV/FCF 11.6x 107.5x 7.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.1x 14.8x 12.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.40 14.99 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGVAKNFTTAM
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.8% 12.1% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 8.3% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.0% 10.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 30.8% 12.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 37.5% 6.5% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 76.7% 6.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) -185.3% -8.7% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -85.3% 1.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) -225.5% -8.7% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -73.5% 1.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 37.6% 28.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 147.4% 3.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 52.7% 181.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 94.5% -29.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGVAKNFTTAM
Gross margin 15.6% 17.8% 24.7%
EBITDA margin 10.2% 14.9% 22.4%
Operating margin 6.3% 8.3% 14.2%
Pretax margin -1.3% 5.8% 18.0%
Net margin -3.3% 4.2% 10.0%
FCF margin 9.5% 1.3% 24.2%
Operating cash flow margin 12.2% 9.5% 14.4%
Return on equity -14.8% 8.8% 15.9%
Return on assets -3.3% 3.5% 8.3%
Return on invested capital 13.4% 6.5% 15.9%
Return on capital employed 16.9% 7.8% 13.5%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.8x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -4.0x 2.2x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGVAKNFTTAM
Debt / assets 32.6% 38.7% 23.4%
Debt / equity 1.9x 1.0x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 3.1x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 3.3x 37.6x 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 83.1% 61.6% 49.7%
Equity / assets 16.9% 38.4% 50.3%
Interest coverage 4.5x 3.1x 12.9x
Current ratio 1.0x 2.7x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.12 2.29 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGVAKNFTTAM
Dividend yield 0.5% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield 1.1% – –
Shareholder yield 1.5% – 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) -15.0% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 4.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -0.1% – –

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.

ConsensusGVAKNFTTAM
Forward P/E – 20.5xFY2026 13.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.74FY2026 $2.67FY2026 $1.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -196.9%FY2026 -3.3%FY2026 0.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +10.5% +14.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.09BFY2026 $3.66BFY2026 $1.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 +16.2%FY2026 +3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.2% +3.1% +4.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGVAKNFTTAM
Held by institutions 100.0% 96.7% 15.0%
Institutions holding 445 391 109
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.0% +1.0% -5.7%
Institutions buying 239 168 66
Institutions selling 151 137 30
Buyers to sellers 1.58 1.23 2.20

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.

GVAKNFTTAM
GVA 1.00 0.33 0.40
KNF 0.33 1.00 0.51
TTAM 0.40 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GVA, KNF and TTAM?

Granite Construction (GVA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Granite Construction (GVA) $4.93B, Knife River (KNF) $3.07B, Titan America (TTAM) $2.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, GVA, KNF and TTAM?

Titan America (TTAM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Granite Construction (GVA) -29.9x, Knife River (KNF) 21.9x, Titan America (TTAM) 14.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Titan America (TTAM) is cheapest (Knife River (KNF) 20.5x, Titan America (TTAM) 13.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Granite Construction (GVA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Granite Construction (GVA) +21.8%, Knife River (KNF) +12.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Titan America (TTAM) has the highest net margin (Granite Construction (GVA) -3.3%, Knife River (KNF) 4.2%, Titan America (TTAM) 10.0%). On return on invested capital, Titan America (TTAM) leads (Granite Construction (GVA) 13.4%, Knife River (KNF) 6.5%, Titan America (TTAM) 15.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Granite Construction (GVA) returned the most: Granite Construction (GVA) +6.4%, Knife River (KNF) -12.1%, Titan America (TTAM) -11.2%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Granite Construction (GVA) 0.00%, Knife River (KNF) 0.00%, Titan America (TTAM) 0.00%. Knife River (KNF) and Titan America (TTAM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Granite Construction (GVA) has been the steadiest (Granite Construction (GVA) 33.1%, Knife River (KNF) 51.1%, Titan America (TTAM) 37.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GVA, KNF and TTAM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Titan America (TTAM) 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.