At the time of writing, MDU Resources Group Inc [MDU] stock is trading at $24.65, up 0.20%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MDU shares have gain 1.44% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.70%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE: MDU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 20, 2024, when Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $30 for it. Previously, BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy on June 01, 2023, and kept the price target unchanged to $22. On October 24, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform and revised its price target to $26 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $30 on August 05, 2022. BofA Securities initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $36 as its price target on March 23, 2021. Williams Capital Group reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on September 16, 2019, and upped its price target to $32. In a note dated February 08, 2018, Williams Capital Group reiterated an Buy rating on this stock and revised its target price from $30 to $28.
For the past year, the stock price of MDU Resources Group Inc fluctuated between $18.04 and $27.30. MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE: MDU] shares were valued at $24.65 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the MDU fundamentals
According to MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE:MDU], the company’s sales were 4.40B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -3.99% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.8.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 24.54 points at the first support level, and at 24.44 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 24.76, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 24.88.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE:MDU] has a current ratio of 1.21. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.15, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.14, the price to book ratio is 1.67 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.37.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Johnson Rob L., President-WBI Holdings, that happened on May 07 ’24 when 36291.0 shares were purchased. Director, Rosenthal Dale completed a deal on Mar 12 ’24 to buy 375.0 shares.
