# MDU Resources Group Inc. Common Stock (Holding Company) (MDU) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Basic Materials / Construction Materials. Price $19.57, market value $4.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 20.8×** (5-yr avg 9.9×, 3-yr avg 12.8×). MDU Resources Group Inc. Common Stock (Holding Company) trades at 20.8× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 9.9×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Basic Materials median in the September 2026 study was 19.0×. Forward P/E is 18.5×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 2.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.3×.
- **Price / book: 1.4×**. The shares trade at 1.4× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.9×**. Enterprise value is 12.9× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -9.4%** (5-yr avg -2.3%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 4.8%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.8% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 17.2%**. 17.2% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 10.2%**. 10.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 6.9%**. 6.9% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.5%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.5%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 2.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 2.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 6.3%** (3-yr 2.0%/yr, 5-yr -19.6%/yr). Revenue grew 6.3% over the last year, against -19.6% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -32.1%** (3-yr -19.9%/yr, 5-yr -13.8%/yr). Earnings per share fell 32.1%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.97**. Debt is 0.97 times equity, moderate leverage.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 5.1×**. It would take 5.1 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 2.89%** ($0.56 per share, trailing). MDU Resources Group Inc. Common Stock (Holding Company) yields 2.89%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 57%**. 57% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 11.2%/yr** (1-yr 58.6%). The dividend has compounded at 11.2% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 6 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 24.1%** (YTD 1.6%, 3-mo -7.8%). The shares are up 24.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -14.8%** (24.2% above the low). Trading 15% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 35**. An RSI of 35 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.23** (volatility 21%). Beta of 0.23 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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