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MDU Resources Group Inc

MDU

16.090USD

+0.240+1.51%
Close 09/18, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
3.29BMarket Cap
15.25P/E TTM

MDU Resources Group Inc

16.090

+0.240+1.51%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
5 / 13
Overall Ranking
104 / 4723
Industry
Multiline Utilities

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 5 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
19.500
Target Price
+22.87%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
MDU Resources Group, Inc. is engaged in providing essential products and services through its regulated energy delivery businesses. The Company’s segments include Electric, Natural gas distribution, Pipeline, and Other. The Electric segment generates, transmits and distributes electricity in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. The Natural gas distribution segment distributes natural gas in those states, as well as in Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. The Pipeline segment provides natural gas transportation and underground storage services through a regulated pipeline system in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Plains regions of the United States. This segment also provides non-regulated energy-related services, including cathodic protection. Its Other segment includes the activities of Centennial Capital, which, through its subsidiary InterSource Insurance Company, insures various types of risks as a captive insurer for certain of the Company's subsidiaries.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 57.87%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 57.87%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 15.01, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 171.15M shares, decreasing 8.74% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by The Vanguard
Star Investor The Vanguard holds 23.25M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 8.31, which is higher than the Multiline Utilities industry's average of 7.27. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 351.19M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 66.48%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 77.20%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.31
Change
0

Financials

8.86

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

10.00

Operational Efficiency

7.84

Growth Potential

6.79

Shareholder Returns

8.05

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 5.25, which is lower than the Multiline Utilities industry's average of 6.12. Its current P/E ratio is 15.01, which is -45.08% below the recent high of 8.24 and 59.87% above the recent low of 6.02.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.24
Change
0.01

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 5/13
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.40, which is higher than the Multiline Utilities industry's average of 7.50. The average price target for MDU Resources Group Inc is 19.00, with a high of 22.00 and a low of 18.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.40
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 5 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
19.500
Target Price
+23.03%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

13
Total
15
Median
11
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
MDU Resources Group Inc
MDU
5
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc
PEG
19
CenterPoint Energy Inc
CNP
17
CMS Energy Corp
CMS
17
Sempra
SRE
16
Ameren Corp
AEE
15
1
2
3

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.46, which is lower than the Multiline Utilities industry's average of 6.97. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 16.45 and the support level at 15.53, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.54
Change
-0.08

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(3)
Neutral(3)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.023
Sell
RSI(14)
44.184
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
35.009
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.290
Low Volatility
CCI(14)
-96.599
Neutral
Williams %R
58.228
Sell
TRIX(12,20)
-0.140
Sell
StochRSI(14)
85.174
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(5)
Neutral(0)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
16.060
Buy
MA10
16.146
Sell
MA20
16.250
Sell
MA50
16.615
Sell
MA100
16.754
Sell
MA200
17.113
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is lower than the Multiline Utilities industry's average of 7.62. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 83.76%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.22%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 23.25M shares, representing 11.38% of shares outstanding, with 1.08% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
24.18M
-2.93%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
23.36M
+1.78%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
8.45M
+3.22%
Barrow Hanley Global Investors
Star Investors
8.54M
+50.05%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
6.63M
-3.47%
Corvex Management LP
5.87M
-17.40%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
3.42M
-2.72%
Macquarie Investment Management
3.36M
+6.45%
Pertento Partners LLP
3.16M
+5.54%
Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC
2.33M
+10.09%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.84, which is lower than the Multiline Utilities industry's average of 6.25. The company's beta value is 0.75. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.84
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.75
VaR
+2.16%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+22.62%
240-Day Volatility
+27.92%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+2.57%
120 days
+4.36%
5 years
+7.15%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-6.69%
120 days
-6.69%
5 years
-8.49%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-0.36
120 days
-0.24
5 years
+0.70
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+22.62%
3 years
+22.62%
5 years
+27.40%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.30
3 years
+0.75
5 years
+0.51
Skewness
240 days
-0.25
3 years
-0.02
5 years
-0.21
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+27.92%
5 years
+23.87%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.49%
5 years
+1.66%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-31.33%
240 days
-31.33%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+10.59%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+17.01%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.74%
120 days
+0.78%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+11.40%
60 days
-4.59%
120 days
+1.02%

Peer Comparison

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MDU
7.12 /10
Score
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Earnings Forecast
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NiSource Inc
NiSource Inc
NI
7.66 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Unitil Corp
Unitil Corp
UTL
7.49 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Black Hills Corp
Black Hills Corp
BKH
7.33 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Sempra
Sempra
SRE
7.22 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Ameren Corp
Ameren Corp
AEE
7.11 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
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