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MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

MDU Resources runs regulated energy delivery in the United States through three units: an electric business that generates and delivers power in several northern states, a natural gas distribution business serving households across a wider group of states, and a pipeline business that transports and stores natural gas mainly in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Plains region. It also offers smaller related services such as protecting buried pipe from corrosion.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MDU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.36 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How MDU has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.36 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), MDU Resources Group Inc moved 0.36% on average · correlation 0.17 · higher than 26% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.34 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.44% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.36% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Gas · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Gas · United States

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Compared against MDU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — MDU Resources Group Inc

MDU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
MDU Resources runs regulated energy delivery in the United States through three units: an electric business that generates and delivers power in several northern states, a natural gas distribution business serving households across a wider group of states, and a pipeline business that transports and stores natural gas mainly in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Plains region. It also offers smaller related services such as protecting buried pipe from corrosion. The company is based in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Where it sits in the stack
MDU carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that framework entirely; within our wider universe it belongs to the regulated utilities sleeve, grouped with gas- and electric-distribution names rather than anything tied to compute or chip supply.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no assigned peer group for MDU; the comparison the market draws most often is with other regional regulated utilities such as NextEra Energy, though the overlap is limited since MDU's mix leans more heavily on gas distribution and pipelines.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
MDU sits in the Russell 1000 but has no Rubin seat, no Closelooknet score yet, and the diary has not logged any quotes or mentions for it so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how state regulators treat MDU's rate cases across its electric and gas territories, since allowed returns there set the pace for its earnings.

MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.03%, quarterly · last 0.15 USD on 2026-09-10

Dividends and capital return

What MDU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.57 USD per share · a 3.03% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year +6.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.53 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.15 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.0693 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.34 USD · 2025: 0.54 USD · 2026: 0.43 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-13

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU)?

MDU Resources Group Inc trades as MDU on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is MDU in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — MDU Resources Group Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

Where does MDU trade against its moving averages?

MDU Resources Group Inc trades 2.2% below its 50-day and 9.0% below its 200-day moving average (2.8% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does MDU Resources Group Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Utilities - Regulated Gas · United States), MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU) sits 18.4% below its 52-week high, 2.2% below its 50-day average; UGI Corporation (UGI) is 9.5% below, NiSource Inc (NI) is 10.3% below, Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO) is 9.5% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to MDU in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does MDU Resources Group Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year MDU Resources Group Inc had a beta of 0.36 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 26% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.44% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does MDU Resources Group Inc do?

MDU Resources runs regulated energy delivery in the United States through three units: an electric business that generates and delivers power in several northern states, a natural gas distribution business serving households across a wider group of states, and a pipeline business that transports and stores natural gas mainly in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Plains region. It also offers smaller related services such as protecting buried pipe from corrosion. The company is based in Bismarck, North Dakota. The diary holds no assigned peer group for MDU; the comparison the market draws most often is with other regional regulated utilities such as NextEra Energy, though the overlap is limited since MDU's mix leans more heavily on gas distribution and pipelines. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does MDU Resources Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

MDU carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that framework entirely; within our wider universe it belongs to the regulated utilities sleeve, grouped with gas- and electric-distribution names rather than anything tied to compute or chip supply. MDU sits in the Russell 1000 but has no Rubin seat, no Closelooknet score yet, and the diary has not logged any quotes or mentions for it so far. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does MDU Resources Group Inc pay a dividend?

MDU Resources Group Inc has paid 0.57 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.03% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.15 USD on 2026-09-10. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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