MDU vs. BKH, AVA, D, SRE, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, and AEE
Should you be buying MDU Resources Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MDU Resources Group include Black Hills (BKH), Avista (AVA), Dominion Energy (D), Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), and Ameren (AEE). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
MDU Resources Group vs.
MDU Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) and Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
MDU Resources Group pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MDU Resources Group pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Black Hills pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Black Hills has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Black Hills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MDU Resources Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Hills has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MDU Resources Group currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.89%. Black Hills has a consensus price target of $62.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Given MDU Resources Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MDU Resources Group is more favorable than Black Hills.
Black Hills received 98 more outperform votes than MDU Resources Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.22% of users gave MDU Resources Group an outperform vote while only 58.95% of users gave Black Hills an outperform vote.
71.4% of MDU Resources Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Black Hills shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of MDU Resources Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Black Hills shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MDU Resources Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Black Hills. MDU Resources Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Hills, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Black Hills had 11 more articles in the media than MDU Resources Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Black Hills and 6 mentions for MDU Resources Group. MDU Resources Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Black Hills' score of 0.60 indicating that MDU Resources Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Black Hills has a net margin of 12.84% compared to MDU Resources Group's net margin of 7.31%. MDU Resources Group's return on equity of 10.20% beat Black Hills' return on equity.
Summary
MDU Resources Group beats Black Hills on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MDU) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
