Knife River Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Knife River stock have an average target of 96.5, with a low estimate of 81 and a high estimate of 109. The average target predicts an increase of 10.10% from the current stock price of 87.65.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$81	$96.5	$100	$109
Change	-7.59%	+10.10%	+14.09%	+24.36%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Knife River stock from 8 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	2	2	1	1	2	2
Buy	4	4	5	5	4	4
Hold	0	1	0	1	2	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	7	6	7	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brent Thielman DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy Maintains $95 → $105	Strong Buy	Maintains	$95 → $105	+19.79%	Feb 18, 2026
Anthony Codling RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $106 → $109	Buy	Maintains	$106 → $109	+24.36%	Feb 18, 2026
Timna Tanners Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold → Sell Downgrades $75 → $81	Hold → Sell	Downgrades	$75 → $81	-7.59%	Feb 18, 2026
Trey Grooms Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Maintains $86 → $105	Buy	Maintains	$86 → $105	+19.79%	Feb 18, 2026
Timna Tanners Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $81 → $75	Hold	Maintains	$81 → $75	-14.43%	Jan 29, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.34B

from 3.15B

6.17%

from 3.15B

Revenue Next Year

3.49B

from 3.34B

4.37%

from 3.34B

EPS This Year

3.25

from 2.76

17.73%

from 2.76

EPS Next Year

3.83

from 3.25

17.72%

from 3.25

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.23B	2.53B	2.83B	2.90B	3.15B	3.34B	3.49B
Revenue Growth	2.34%	13.72%	11.66%	2.43%	8.52%	6.17%	4.37%
EPS	2.29	2.05	3.23	3.55	2.76	3.25	3.83
EPS Growth	-11.92%	-10.48%	57.56%	9.91%	-22.25%	17.73%	17.72%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	26.97	22.91
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	11

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	3.6B	3.7B
Avg	3.3B	3.5B
Low	3.2B	3.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	14.3%	11.7%
Avg	6.2%	4.4%
Low	1.3%	-0.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	3.78	4.36
Avg	3.25	3.83
Low	2.77	3.30

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	37.0%	34.1%
Avg	17.7%	17.7%
Low	0.5%	1.6%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.