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. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be given a dividend of $0.2075 per share on Wednesday, January 1st. This represents a $0.83 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 firm's revenue was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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 guidance of $1.60-$1.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.55.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Mdu Resources Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Mdu Resources Group's stock price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% 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.

Headlines about MDU stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 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. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock 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).

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Mdu Resources Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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. 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, 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 $29.60.

Mdu Resources Group has a market capitalization of $5.93 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]