MDU Resources Group - MDU Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MDU Resources Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MDU shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MDU, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for MDU Resources Group's shares. Their MDU share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $30.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%.
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MDU Resources Group's stock was trading at $30.84 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MDU shares have increased by 3.4% and is now trading at $31.89.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE:MDU) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $1.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.48 billion. MDU Resources Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.74% and a net margin of 5.32%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.50 EPS.

MDU Resources Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.2175 per share on Saturday, October 1st. This represents a $0.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 7th.
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MDU Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.71%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 26 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 54.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MDU will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.43% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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MDU Resources Group issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.75-$1.90 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.01. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

10 employees have rated MDU Resources Group Chief Executive Officer Terry D. Hildestad on Glassdoor.com. Terry D. Hildestad has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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MDU Resources Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MDU."

MDU Resources Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (8.94%), Corvex Management LP (4.29%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.17%), River Road Asset Management LLC (0.91%), US Bancorp DE (0.87%) and FMR LLC (0.83%). Insiders that own company stock include Daniele Addis, David C Barney, David L Goodin, David M Sparby, Jason L Vollmer, Margaret A Link, Nicole A Kivisto and Thomas S Everist.
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One share of MDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.89.

MDU Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) has a market capitalization of $6.48 billion and generates $5.68 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $378.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,700 workers across the globe.

MDU Resources Group's mailing address is 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE P.O. Box 5650, BISMARCK ND, 58506. The official website for the company is www.mdu.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (701) 530-1000, via email at investor@mduresources.com, or via fax at 701-222-7606.