MDU Resources Group Inc [MDU] stock is trading at $18.14, up 2.20%. 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 1.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.78%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE: MDU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $18. Previously, BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy on November 05, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $17. On November 04, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $19 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $31 on October 21, 2024. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but $30 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 20, 2024. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on June 01, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $22. In a note dated October 24, 2022, BofA Securities downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $30 to $26.
MDU Resources Group Inc [MDU] stock has fluctuated between $10.41 and $20.39 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $17.17 within the next 12 months. MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE: MDU] shares were valued at $18.14 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -5.35% based on the average MDU price forecast.
Analyzing the MDU fundamentals
MDU Resources Group Inc [NYSE:MDU] reported sales of 4.45B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.97%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, 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 0.13 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 0.83.
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 17.96 points at the first support level, and at 17.78 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 18.25, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 18.36.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, MDU Resources Group Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.15. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.07, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.83, the price to book ratio is 1.21 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.34.
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.
