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MDU Resources Group, Inc.

MDU

Utilities · 19.25 -1.8% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

MDU Resources Group, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 23 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Operating margin improved 2.7 percentage points.
  • Revenue decreased 11.6% versus the comparable filing period.
Company-1.8% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 23 activeDefensive Income · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 7 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Track the reported change in purchased natural gas sold and its decomposition between volume, commodity cost, and environmental compliance components.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MDU's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Gas

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 23 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Operating margin improved 2.7 percentage points.
Evidence that challenges
  • Revenue decreased 11.6% versus the comparable filing period.
What would clarify the read
  • Track the reported change in purchased natural gas sold and its decomposition between volume, commodity cost, and environmental compliance components.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations327
Usable filing statements172
Verified relationships8
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +6.3% year over year.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.49x in the latest annual period.
  • Data center and AI demand has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Energy and commodity prices has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Supply chain and availability has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Net margin changed -5.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 19% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

19.25
6m-8.2%12m+19.8%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$3.4B-38.5%$1.87+0.9%
2022-12-31$1.8B-48.4%$1.81+0.5%
2023-12-31$1.8B+2.9%$2.03+0.2%
2024-12-31$1.8B-2.9%$1.37+0.4%
2025-12-31$1.9B+6.3%$0.93+0.3%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitymixed · 5 filings
Investing activities Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 Variance (In millions) Components of net cash used in investing activities: Capital expenditures $ (193.5) $ (174.0) $ (19.5) Cost of removal, net of salvage value (3.9) (2.5) (1.4) Purchase of investme…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 5 filings
Interest expense increased $3.6 million, primarily due to higher long-term debt balances.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Data center and AI demandpositive · 5 filings
Over the long-term, the Company expects overall electric demand to be positively impacted by increased electrification trends as a means to address economy-wide carbon emission concerns, large data center growth and changing customer conservation patterns.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Demand and volumepositive · 5 filings
Purchased natural gas sold decreased $79.1 million, largely due to lower volumes of natural gas purchased of $48.6 million, commodity costs of $20.8 million and net environmental compliance costs of $9.7 million.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 2.1× · EV/sales 3.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

19.25-1.8% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MDU. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing shows material pressure

10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-08.

cautious
OperationscautiousEvidence score -1
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Operating margin improved 2.7 percentage points.

What weakened

  • Revenue decreased 11.6% versus the comparable filing period.

Filing receipts

Investing activities Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 2025 Variance (In millions) Components of net cash used in investing activities: Capital expenditures $ (92.4) $ (93.0) $ .6 Cost of removal, net of salvage value (.8) 0.8 (1.6) Purchase of investment securities (2.0) (2.6) .6 Proceeds from investment securities 4.0 — 4.0 Net cash used in investing activities $ (91.2) $ (94.8) $ 3.6 The cash used in investing activities decreased compared to 2025, primarily due to excess cash above the 125% funding limit withdrawn from the Company's unfunded, nonqualified defined benefit plans.

Interest expense increased $4.0 million, primarily due to higher long-term debt balances.

Interest expense increased $1.5 million, primarily due to higher long-term debt balances.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind MDU

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

DCDakota Gold Corp.partnerNov 10, 2025

The decrease in net income was partially offset by higher retail sales volumes, partly from a data center near Ellendale, North Dakota.

OTTROtter Tail CorporationpartnerFeb 20, 2026

As part of MISO's long range transmission plan, in August 2022, the Company announced its intent to develop, construct and co-own JETx with Otter Tail Power Company in central North Dakota.

Depended on by

KNFKnife River CorporationpartnerAug 5, 2025

Other income includes net periodic benefit costs for our benefit plan expenses, other than service costs; interest income; realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments for our nonqualified benefit plans; earnings or losses on joint venture 29 Index…

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

MDU is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Defensive Income. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for MDU; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.