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$17.02 +0.03 (+0.18%)
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MDU vs. BKH, NJR, OGE, OGS, AVA, D, SRE, PEG, ED, and PCG

Should you be buying MDU Resources Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MDU Resources Group include Black Hills (BKH), NewJersey Resources (NJR), OGE Energy (OGE), ONE Gas (OGS), Avista (AVA), Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), and Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

MDU Resources Group vs. Its Competitors

Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) and MDU Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. MDU Resources Group pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Black Hills pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MDU Resources Group pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Black Hills has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and MDU Resources Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Black Hills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

MDU Resources Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Black Hills. MDU Resources Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Hills, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Black Hills$2.13B1.94$273.10M$3.9214.49
MDU Resources Group$1.76B1.98$281.11M$1.2913.19

86.7% of Black Hills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of MDU Resources Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Black Hills shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of MDU Resources Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Black Hills has a net margin of 12.67% compared to MDU Resources Group's net margin of 7.93%. MDU Resources Group's return on equity of 9.86% beat Black Hills' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Black Hills12.67% 7.83% 2.80%
MDU Resources Group 7.93%9.86%3.77%

In the previous week, Black Hills had 3 more articles in the media than MDU Resources Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Black Hills and 4 mentions for MDU Resources Group. MDU Resources Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Black Hills' score of 0.58 indicating that MDU Resources Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Black Hills
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MDU Resources Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Black Hills currently has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.16%. MDU Resources Group has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.76%. Given Black Hills' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Black Hills is more favorable than MDU Resources Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Black Hills
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
MDU Resources Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Black Hills has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDU Resources Group has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Black Hills and MDU Resources Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MDU vs. The Competition

MetricMDU Resources GroupUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.47B$9.20B$15.74B$20.85B
Dividend Yield3.06%3.85%5.59%3.65%
P/E Ratio13.1911.1619.9427.56
Price / Sales1.982.31212.7359.11
Price / Cash8.979.0718.9722.29
Price / Book1.291.552.154.66
Net Income$281.11M$531.39M$747.76M$994.58M
7 Day Performance2.75%0.66%17.69%-0.29%
1 Month Performance5.48%2.14%32.91%4.90%
1 Year Performance-34.94%17.77%242.74%11.14%

MDU Resources Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MDU
MDU Resources Group
3.63 of 5 stars
$17.02
+0.2%
$18.00
+5.8%
-35.0%$3.47B$1.76B13.1911,000Positive News
BKH
Black Hills
4.4701 of 5 stars
$57.15
+0.4%
$66.00
+15.5%
-2.5%$4.14B$2.13B14.582,841
NJR
NewJersey Resources
3.3678 of 5 stars
$46.25
+1.1%
$51.29
+10.9%
-0.7%$4.64B$2.07B11.221,372
OGE
OGE Energy
4.1578 of 5 stars
$44.51
+0.5%
$46.80
+5.1%
+20.3%$8.96B$2.99B18.392,291News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
OGS
ONE Gas
3.0314 of 5 stars
$74.00
+1.2%
$77.64
+4.9%
+7.2%$4.43B$2.08B17.873,900
AVA
Avista
3.7168 of 5 stars
$38.06
+0.1%
$38.00
-0.1%
-0.4%$3.07B$1.95B16.261,950Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.0123 of 5 stars
$57.21
-0.3%
$58.38
+2.0%
+12.6%$48.79B$14.46B21.4314,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.3967 of 5 stars
$74.58
+0.0%
$80.75
+8.3%
+0.6%$48.62B$13.35B16.3916,773Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.5201 of 5 stars
$83.00
+0.5%
$89.38
+7.7%
+14.0%$41.42B$10.75B22.6826,094Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6781 of 5 stars
$101.01
+0.4%
$105.27
+4.2%
+7.3%$36.39B$15.77B18.6715,097Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PCG
Pacific Gas & Electric
4.6895 of 5 stars
$13.38
-0.3%
$20.73
+54.9%
-24.7%$35.81B$24.54B12.2828,410

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