TTAM vs KNF vs VMC Stock Comparison

Titan America, Knife River and Vulcan Materials Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TTAM Titan America SA
$13.39 -3.3% 1M -11.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.50B
P/E
14.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.70B
Div. yield
–
Cement Basic Materials
5 wins
KNF Knife River Corp
$52.89 -3.1% 1M -15.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.11B
P/E
22.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.31B
Div. yield
–
Aggregates Basic Materials
1 win
VMC Vulcan Materials CO
$261.43 +6.7% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$34.10B
P/E
30.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.12B
Div. yield
0.01%
Aggregates Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Titan America leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Titan America 5, Vulcan Materials 4, Knife River 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTTAMKNFVMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.50B $3.11B $34.10B VMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.7x 22.2x 30.6x TTAM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.3x 19.8x 27.9x TTAM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +12.1% +6.9% KNF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 4.2% 13.7% VMC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.9% 6.5% 9.9% TTAM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.2x 3.1x 1.8x TTAM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -11.6% -15.8% -10.7% VMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +7.2%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.0% 51.1% 29.1% VMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 30/100 46/100 TTAM

Percentile Scorecard

TTAMKNFVMC

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

AxisTTAMKNFVMC
Valuation 89 #2 of 10 78 #3 of 10 0 #10 of 10
Growth – – –
Profitability 64 #3 of 8 0 #8 of 8 64 #3 of 8
Financial Health 88 #2 of 9 13 #8 of 9 75 #3 of 9
Shareholder Returns 29 #6 of 8 – 43 #5 of 8
Overall 67 30 46
  • TTAM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • KNF ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • VMC ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTTAMKNFVMCSPY
1 month -3.3%-3.1%+6.7% -0.8%
3 months -23.5%-32.6%-8.1% +3.5%
6 months -18.1%-40.5%-10.3% +7.0%
Year to date -18.8%-24.8%-8.3% +12.2%
1 year -11.6%-15.8%-10.7% +13.0%
3 years —+10.2%+35.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+3.3%+10.5% +23.1%
5 years ——+41.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year ——+7.2% +11.0%
10 years ——+133.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+8.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTTAMKNFVMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.0%51.1%29.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.0%51.4%32.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.601.300.81 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.31-0.31-0.37 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.4%-55.3%-32.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.7%-43.7%-20.9% -1.8%
52-week high $19.32$93.97$330.37 $779.14
52-week low $13.08$47.97$240.82 $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.

MultipleTTAMKNFVMC
P/E now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 19.6x 21.5xmedian 19.6x 30.4xmedian 19.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.8x 0.9xmedian 1.8x 4.2xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 9.3x 9.2xmedian 9.3x 16.1xmedian 9.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 31.4x 69.7xmedian 31.4x 32.9xmedian 31.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.3x 1.9xmedian 2.3x 4.0xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.78 14.46median 2.78 1.85median 2.78

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 monthsTTAMKNFVMC
Revenue $1.70B $3.31B $8.12B
Gross profit $420.97M $589.67M $2.23B
Operating income $242.26M $275.33M $1.64B
Net income $217.37M $139.89M $1.12B
Free cash flow $411.59M $43.06M $1.03B
EPS (diluted) $0.93 $2.46 $8.56
Cash & equivalents $36.38M $102.03M $194.20M
Total debt $506.76M $1.62B $4.36B
Shares (diluted) 183.46M 56.88M 130.30M
Enterprise value $1.99B $2.73B $33.39B

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
MetricTTAMKNFVMC
P/E 14.4x 21.5x 30.4x
P/FCF 6.0x 69.7x 32.9x
P/Operating cash flow 10.1x 9.6x 18.7x
P/S 1.4x 0.9x 4.2x
P/B 2.3x 1.9x 4.0x
P/Tangible book 2.3x 1.9x 4.8x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x 9.2x 16.1x
EV/EBIT 12.0x 16.4x 23.1x
EV/Revenue 1.7x 1.4x 4.7x
EV/FCF 7.1x 104.9x 37.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.9x 14.4x 21.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 14.46 1.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTTAMKNFVMC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 12.1% 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 8.3% 2.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.3% 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.6% 8.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 6.5% 14.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% 13.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -8.7% 17.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 1.7% 15.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – -8.7% 19.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 1.5% 16.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 28.0% 10.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% 10.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 181.0% -6.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -29.0% 16.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTTAMKNFVMC
Gross margin 24.7% 17.8% 27.5%
EBITDA margin 22.4% 14.9% 29.2%
Operating margin 14.2% 8.3% 20.2%
Pretax margin 18.0% 5.8% 17.6%
Net margin 10.0% 4.2% 13.7%
FCF margin 24.2% 1.3% 12.7%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% 9.5% 22.2%
Return on equity 15.9% 8.8% 13.2%
Return on assets 8.3% 3.5% 6.8%
Return on invested capital 15.9% 6.5% 9.9%
Return on capital employed 13.5% 7.8% 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 2.2x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.3% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTTAMKNFVMC
Debt / assets 23.4% 38.7% 26.5%
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.0x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.2x 3.1x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 1.2x 37.6x 4.2x
Liabilities / assets 49.7% 61.6% 48.4%
Equity / assets 50.3% 38.4% 51.6%
Interest coverage 12.9x 3.1x 7.2x
Current ratio 2.1x 2.7x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.5x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.27 3.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTTAMKNFVMC
Dividend yield 1.2% – 0.8%
Net buyback yield – – 2.4%
Shareholder yield 1.2% – 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 23.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 25.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 6.2%

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.

ConsensusTTAMKNFVMC
Forward P/E 13.3xFY2026 19.8xFY2026 27.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.01FY2026 $2.67FY2026 $9.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY 0.0%FY2026 -3.3%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.9% +10.5% +11.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.72BFY2026 $3.66BFY2026 $8.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.6%FY2026 +16.2%FY2026 +4.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.5% +3.1% -1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTTAMKNFVMC
Held by institutions 15.0% 96.7% 98.5%
Institutions holding 109 391 1,060
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.7% +1.0% +3.6%
Institutions buying 66 168 526
Institutions selling 30 137 363
Buyers to sellers 2.20 1.23 1.45

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.

TTAMKNFVMC
TTAM 1.00 0.51 0.61
KNF 0.51 1.00 0.42
VMC 0.61 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TTAM, KNF and VMC?

Vulcan Materials (VMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Titan America (TTAM) $2.50B, Knife River (KNF) $3.11B, Vulcan Materials (VMC) $34.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, TTAM, KNF and VMC?

Titan America (TTAM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Titan America (TTAM) 14.7x, Knife River (KNF) 22.2x, Vulcan Materials (VMC) 30.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Titan America (TTAM) is cheapest (Titan America (TTAM) 13.3x, Knife River (KNF) 19.8x, Vulcan Materials (VMC) 27.9x). 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: Knife River (KNF) +12.1%, Vulcan Materials (VMC) +6.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vulcan Materials (VMC) has the highest net margin (Titan America (TTAM) 10.0%, Knife River (KNF) 4.2%, Vulcan Materials (VMC) 13.7%). On return on invested capital, Titan America (TTAM) leads (Titan America (TTAM) 15.9%, Knife River (KNF) 6.5%, Vulcan Materials (VMC) 9.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Vulcan Materials (VMC) returned the most: Titan America (TTAM) -11.6%, Knife River (KNF) -15.8%, Vulcan Materials (VMC) -10.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Titan America (TTAM) 0.00%, Knife River (KNF) 0.00%, Vulcan Materials (VMC) 0.01%. Titan America (TTAM) and Knife River (KNF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vulcan Materials (VMC) has been the steadiest (Titan America (TTAM) 37.0%, Knife River (KNF) 51.1%, Vulcan Materials (VMC) 29.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 5. 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.