A new trading day began on Friday, with MDU Resources Group Inc (NYSE: MDU) stock price down -0.05% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $20.05. MDU’s price has ranged from $10.41 to $20.39 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 1.43% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 42.38%. With a float of $198.10 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $203.69 million.
In an organization with 9145 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 15.63%, operating margin of 10.28%, and the pretax margin is 9.22%.
MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Conglomerates Industry. The insider ownership of MDU Resources Group Inc is 2.84%, while institutional ownership is 74.89%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 07 ’24, was worth 923,970. In this transaction President-WBI Holdings of this company bought 36,291 shares at a rate of $25.46, taking the stock ownership to the 41,934 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 12 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 375 for $22.55, making the entire transaction worth $8,456. This insider now owns 16,499 shares in total.
MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.48 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.39 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 42.38% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -1.35% during the next five years compared to 7.93% growth over the previous five years of trading.
MDU Resources Group Inc (NYSE: MDU) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are MDU Resources Group Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.92. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 82.72.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.94, a number that is poised to hit 0.31 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.96 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.16 million. That was better than the volume of 1.62 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 85.28%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.46.
During the past 100 days, MDU Resources Group Inc’s (MDU) raw stochastic average was set at 32.84%, which indicates a significant decrease from 86.23% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.58% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 106.96% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $24.29, while its 200-day Moving Average is $24.52. However, in the short run, MDU Resources Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $20.20. Second resistance stands at $20.36. The third major resistance level sits at $20.44. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $19.96, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.88. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $19.72.
MDU Resources Group Inc (NYSE: MDU) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 4.08 billion, the company has a total of 203,888K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,657 M while annual income is 414,710 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,051 M while its latest quarter income was 64,620 K.
