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Profile - MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE:MDU)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 25Conference call: MDU Resources Earnings (Q2 2001)
Upcoming Events
Oct  1Dividend payment of $0.23
Location
Schuchart Building
918 East Divide Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: (701) 222-7900
Fax: (701) 222-7606
Email: investor@mduresources.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,087
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 ·Sector: Utilities
 ·Industry: Natural Gas Utilities
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 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 3%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 4 insider sells; 87.0K shares
  (4.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 33% (34% of float)
(296 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 394.0K shares (+1.78%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
MDU Resources Group, Inc. is a diversified natural resource company. The Company has a public utility division, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., which generates, transmits and distributes electricity, distributes natural gas and provides related value-added products and services in North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming. Great Plains Natural Gas Co., another public utility division of the company, distributes natural gas in southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Centennial Energy Holdings, Inc., owns WBI Holdings, Inc., Knife River Corporation, Utility Services, Inc. and Centennial Holdings Capital Corp.
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Financial Summary
MDU Resources is a natural resource company comprised of construction materials and mining operations, oil and natural gas production, sales and transportation of electricity, natural gas, and natural gas transmission and storage. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 62% to $1.19 billion. Net income applicable to Common totaled $75.7 million, up from $34.1 million. Results reflect higher realized natural gas and oil prices and higher inventoried gas margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Martin White, 59
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.3M--  
Warren Robinson, 50
CFO, Exec. VP, Treasurer
505K--  
Ronald Tipton, 54
CEO of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and of Great Plains Natural Gas Co.
675K--  
Douglas Kane, 51
Exec. VP, Chief Admin. and Corp. Devel. Officer, Director
650K$488K
Vernon Raile, 56
VP, Controller, CAO
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:MDUAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Sep-2000
$24.50 
Recent Price$28.48 
52-Week High
on 26-Apr-2001
$40.37 
Beta-0.18 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)204.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)147.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+14.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+53.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.94B
Shares Outstanding68.0M
Float66.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.92 
Dividend Yield3.23%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 14-July-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$14.96 
Earnings (ttm)$2.31 
Earnings (mrq)$0.63 
Sales (ttm)$35.45 
Cash (mrq)$0.45 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.90 
Price/Earnings (ttm)12.31 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.80 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.33B
EBITDA (ttm)$411.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$151.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.71%
Return on Equity (ttm)17.18%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.79 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.73 
Total Cash (mrq)$30.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short411.0K
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
482.0K
Short Ratio2.60 
Daily Volume158.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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