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KNF Short Interest

Knife River Corporation
1W: +6.7% 1M: -3.1% 3M: -33.1% YTD: -27.3% 1Y: -16.1% 3Y: +4.9%
$54.83
+1.92 (+3.63%)
After Hours: $58.57 (+3.74, +6.82%)
Weekly Expected Move ±6.3%
$46 $50 $53 $57 $60
NYSE · Basic Materials · Construction Materials · Tech Score Buy · Power 56 · $3.1B mcap · 56M float · 1.43% daily turnover · Short 52% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 66% of companies Debt: 35.7% of company value Bonds: $50.4M held by 76 funds, 251 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.55 (down 95%), Knife River Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.67B against a stock market value of $3.00B.
Distance to default 3.73 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $817.3M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 50.5%; Altman Z 2.27. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
50.9%
Short Ratio
of total volume
55.0%
20-Day Avg
58.6%
50-Day Avg
▼ Falling
5-Day Trend
0.1M
Short Volume
0.2M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 84,392 162,262 52.0%
NYSE 2,751 8,662 31.8%
BATS 34 234 14.5%

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