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MDU Resources

US · MDU #2298 by market cap Listed 1970
18.89 -0.06 -0.32%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 247s ago · 2026-10-08 04:04
Pre-market 18.80 -0.46%
After-hours 18.89 0.00%
Market cap
3.97B
P/B
1.36
EPS
0.93
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Weak
  • Altman Z-Score is 1.05, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +6.66% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
32.62%
Operating margin
15.49%
Net margin
10.15%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 4.53B5.34B5.53B3.45B1.75B1.80B1.76B1.88B
Gross profit 790.57M933.38M1.05B687.28M490.06M518.53M571.94M611.58M
Selling & admin expenses ----------------
Research & development ----------------
Operating profit 401.72M481.22M544.93M331.05M200.87M224.94M265.64M290.38M
Pretax profit 316.87M398.45M475.12M286.07M123.45M340.33M198.66M210.98M
Tax 47.49M63.28M84.59M43.54M6.20M10.21M17.59M19.57M
Net profit 272.32M335.45M390.21M378.13M367.49M414.71M281.11M190.40M
Basic EPS 12222211
Diluted EPS 1.391.691.951.871.812.031.370.93

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 1.18B1.30B1.34B1.55B2.01B1.36B666.26M572.44M
Cash & ST investments 53.95M66.46M59.55M54.16M34.83M47.27M66.90M28.21M
Inventory 287.31M278.41M291.17M335.61M64.25M44.68M44.94M39.05M
Total assets 6.99B7.68B8.05B8.91B9.66B7.83B7.04B7.62B
Total current liabilities 986.05M866.43M963.52M1.09B1.48B1.08B678.60M685.22M
Short-term debt 251.85M48.20M85.21M183.42M107.63M156.32M161.70M144.70M
Long-term debt 1.86B2.23B2.21B2.59B2.32B2.10B2.13B2.53B
Total liabilities 4,421,335,000.004,835,813,000.004,974,267,000.005,527,561,000.006,073,652,000.004,927,926,000.004,348,244,000.004,849,289,000.00
Total equity 2.57B2.85B3.08B3.38B3.59B2.91B2.69B2.77B
Retained earnings 1.16B1.34B1.56B1.76B1.95B1.25B1.03B1.11B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow 499.88M542.28M768.37M495.78M510.06M332.63M502.32M473.37M
Depreciation & amortization 220.21M256.02M285.10M198.24M188.56M190.45M200.08M206.71M
Free cash flow -68.35M-33.79M210.37M10.58M67.48M-151.51M-20.51M-297.03M
Dividends paid -154.57M-160.26M-166.41M-171.35M-176.92M-161.32M-102.94M-108.24M
Stock buybacks / issuance -5.02M106.85M3.39M82.07M-7.40M-4.81M00
Ending cash balance 53.95M66.46M59.55M54.16M80.52M76.98M66.90M28.21M

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % 10.9012.3913.1711.7010.5412.7810.056.97
ROA % 4.094.574.964.463.964.743.782.60
ROIC % 7.818.478.807.767.098.497.345.52
5-year avg ROE % 2.573.0410.2112.0011.7412.1211.6510.41
EBIT margin % 8.869.3110.339.878.3414.0517.4617.00
FCF / sales % ----3.80----------
Current ratio 1.201.501.391.421.361.270.980.84
Quick ratio 0.791.040.970.920.740.280.500.42
Debt / assets 30.1830.7029.6032.1725.6528.8732.5735.12
LT debt / equity 72.3481.1474.6579.3166.0972.4579.2091.32
Interest coverage 4.745.045.925.974.875.722.832.96
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 4.128.937.58-8.65-31.08-31.18-20.162.38
Net income CAGR (3Y) % --73.3211.5411.563.092.05-9.41-19.68
FCF CAGR (3Y) % ----25.42----------

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail
  • Natural Gas Distribution is the largest reported line at 56.68% of revenue, across 5 reported segments.
  • Electric follows at 30.92%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Natural Gas Distribution56.68%
Electric30.92%
Pipeline15.13%

Quote time 2026-10-08 04:04:32 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.