KNF (Knife River) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $302 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)


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72 GF Score
Price $81.09
GF Value $86.34
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Knife River Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Knife River KNF +3.55% 72 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $302 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates KNF with a GF Score™ of 72/100 and a GF Value™ of $86.34 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Knife River's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $83 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $302 Mil.


Knife River  (NYSE:KNF) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Knife River Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Knife River Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Knife River Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 155.87 166.60 242.54 253.64 291.46

Knife River Quarterly Data
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KNF vs TTAM, EXP, USLM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Building Materials subindustry, Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Knife River Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Knife River Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $302 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $302 Mil mean?
Knife River (KNF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $302 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Knife River and its competitors.
Is Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Knife River's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $302 Mil. Overall, Knife River has a GF Score™ of 72/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to TTAM and EXP?
Knife River's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $302 Mil can be compared against companies in the Building Materials industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Building Materials company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Building Materials industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Knife River and its competitors. Knife River's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $302 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Knife River stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Knife River (KNF) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $86.34, compared to a current price of $81.09 — trading 6.1% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $302 Mil. Knife River's overall GF Score™ is 72/100 with 1 warning sign to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Knife River (KNF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $302 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Knife River (KNF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Knife River stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $81.09 is trading 6.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of $86.34. GuruFocus considers Knife River to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for KNF:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $302 Mil
  • GF Value™: $86.34 vs. price of $81.09 (6.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 72/100 with 1 warning sign

No single metric tells the full story. See the KNF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Knife River Business Description

Address 1150 West Century Avenue, P.O. Box 5568, Bismarck, ND, USA, 58506-5568
Knife River Corp is a people-first construction materials and contracting services company. It provides construction materials and contracting services to build safe roads, bridges, airport runways, and other critical infrastructure needs that connect people. The group is a provider of crushed stone, sand, and gravel in the United States. It operates through four reportable segments: West, Mountain, Central, and Energy Services.
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