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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.2075 per share on Wednesday, January 1st. This represents a $0.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 11th. This is a positive change from Mdu Resources Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Mdu Resources Group's Dividend History.

Mdu Resources Group Inc (NYSE:MDU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $1.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.50 billion. Mdu Resources Group had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 11.90%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 22.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.55 earnings per share. View Mdu Resources Group's Earnings History.

Mdu Resources Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mdu Resources Group.

Mdu Resources Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Mdu Resources Group issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, December, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.60-$1.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.55.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Mdu Resources Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Mdu Resources Group's stock price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. 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 trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mdu Resources Group earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Mdu Resources Group.

Mdu Resources Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,850,000 shares, an increase of 78.1% from the December 15th total of 1,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company 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 The Coca-Cola (KO), Phillips 66 (PSX), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Dominion Energy (D), Emerson Electric (EMR) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Mdu Resources Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.18%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), RBA Wealth Management LLC (0.02%), Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc. (0.02%) and Palisade Asset Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pinnacle Bank, Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc., TIAA FSB, IFP Advisors Inc, City Holding Co., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Palisade Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mdu Resources Group.

MDU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including RBA Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Jones Financial Companies Lllp, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Ingalls & Snyder LLC, 6 Meridian and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $29.56.

Mdu Resources Group has a market capitalization of $5.92 billion and generates $4.53 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $272.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.38 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]