NYSE:MDU - Mdu Resources Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Mdu Resources Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $0.2075 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $0.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. View Mdu Resources Group's Dividend History.

Mdu Resources Group Inc (NYSE:MDU) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. Mdu Resources Group had a return on equity of 12.47% and a net margin of 6.28%. The business's revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.39 earnings per share. View Mdu Resources Group's Earnings History.

Mdu Resources Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mdu Resources Group.

Mdu Resources Group issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.65-$1.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.65.

1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Mdu Resources Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Mdu Resources Group's share price to reach $32.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mdu Resources Group.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mdu Resources Group in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mdu Resources Group.

Press coverage about MDU stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mdu Resources Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Mdu Resources Group.

Mdu Resources Group saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,260,000 shares, a decrease of 20.7% from the January 15th total of 2,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Mdu Resources Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Mdu Resources Group include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), PG&E (PCG), Black Hills (BKH), NorthWestern (NWE) and Avista (AVA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mdu Resources Group investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), The Coca-Cola (KO), Altria Group (MO), Phillips 66 (PSX), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Mdu Resources Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.86%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.83%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.56%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.49%) and FMR LLC (1.49%). Company insiders that own Mdu Resources Group stock include David L Goodin, David M Sparby, Edward A Ryan and Stephanie A Barth. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mdu Resources Group.

MDU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, AJO LP, First Trust Advisors LP, Cipher Capital LP, Mackay Shields LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC and Moors & Cabot Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mdu Resources Group.

MDU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Man Group plc, Bank of America Corp DE, UBS Group AG, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have bought Mdu Resources Group stock in the last two years include David L Goodin, David M Sparby, Edward A Ryan and Stephanie A Barth. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mdu Resources Group.

Shares of MDU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.20.

Mdu Resources Group has a market capitalization of $6.45 billion and generates $5.34 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $335.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.69 on an earnings per share basis. Mdu Resources Group employs 11,797 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mdu Resources Group.

The official website for Mdu Resources Group is http://www.mdu.com/.

Mdu Resources Group's mailing address is 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE P.O. Box 5650, BISMARCK ND, 58506. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 701-530-1000 or via email at [email protected]