MDU Retained Earnings vs Long Term Investments Analysis

MDU Stock

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MDU Resources financial indicator trend analysis is infinitely more than just investigating MDU Resources Group recent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether MDU Resources Group is a good investment. Please check the relationship between MDU Resources Retained Earnings and its Long Term Investments accounts. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in MDU Resources Group. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Retained Earnings vs Long Term Investments

Retained Earnings vs Long Term Investments Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of MDU Resources Group Retained Earnings account and Long Term Investments. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have weak relationship.

The correlation between MDU Resources' Retained Earnings and Long Term Investments is 0.39. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Retained Earnings that can explain the historical movement of Long Term Investments in the same time period over historical financial statements of MDU Resources Group, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of MDU Resources' Retained Earnings and Long Term Investments is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Retained Earnings of MDU Resources Group are associated (or correlated) with its Long Term Investments. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Long Term Investments has no effect on the direction of Retained Earnings i.e., MDU Resources' Retained Earnings and Long Term Investments go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.39

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Very Weak

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Retained Earnings

The cumulative amount of net income that a company retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends.

Long Term Investments

Long Term Investments is an item on the asset side of MDU Resources balance sheet that represents investments MDU Resources Group intends to hold for over a year. MDU Resources Group long term investments may include different instruments such as stocks, bonds, real estate and cash.

Most indicators from MDU Resources' fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into MDU Resources Group current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in MDU Resources Group. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

At this time, MDU Resources' Selling General Administrative is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Discontinued Operations is likely to gain to about 257.2 K in 2024, whereas Tax Provision is likely to drop slightly above 93.7 M in 2024.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	1.0B	1.1B	622.0M	590.9M
Total Revenue	5.7B	7.0B	4.7B	3.0B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

MDU Resources fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Total Equity	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Common Stock	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Assets		0.91	0.95	0.3	0.93	0.97	0.99	0.94	0.88	0.9	0.15	0.99	-0.28	0.15	0.95	0.88	0.98	0.78	0.43	0.88	0.99	0.88	0.94	0.38	0.9	0.44
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.91		0.83	0.12	0.82	0.91	0.9	0.82	0.73	0.8	0.16	0.93	-0.13	0.16	0.88	0.98	0.92	0.68	0.22	0.85	0.91	0.69	0.82	0.41	1.0	0.44
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.95	0.83		0.42	0.92	0.9	0.94	1.0	0.78	0.85	0.01	0.95	-0.28	0.01	0.96	0.81	0.97	0.66	0.59	0.92	0.98	0.93	0.95	0.33	0.81	0.35
Other Current Liab	0.3	0.12	0.42		0.52	0.37	0.36	0.41	0.44	0.26	0.26	0.32	0.28	0.26	0.43	0.2	0.3	-0.02	0.79	0.33	0.36	0.59	0.53	0.12	0.14	-0.55
Total Current Liabilities	0.93	0.82	0.92	0.52		0.91	0.92	0.91	0.83	0.83	0.27	0.92	-0.16	0.27	0.91	0.81	0.9	0.68	0.66	0.84	0.94	0.9	0.97	0.47	0.81	0.18
Total Stockholder Equity	0.97	0.91	0.9	0.37	0.91		0.99	0.89	0.94	0.92	0.27	0.99	-0.16	0.27	0.93	0.88	0.96	0.76	0.42	0.83	0.96	0.85	0.93	0.39	0.91	0.36
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.99	0.9	0.94	0.36	0.92	0.99		0.93	0.92	0.91	0.17	0.99	-0.18	0.17	0.95	0.88	0.98	0.74	0.43	0.87	0.98	0.88	0.94	0.39	0.9	0.39
Net Debt	0.94	0.82	1.0	0.41	0.91	0.89	0.93		0.77	0.84	-0.03	0.94	-0.29	-0.03	0.96	0.81	0.97	0.65	0.58	0.92	0.97	0.93	0.94	0.32	0.8	0.37
Retained Earnings	0.88	0.73	0.78	0.44	0.83	0.94	0.92	0.77		0.92	0.36	0.88	-0.19	0.36	0.81	0.69	0.83	0.78	0.44	0.62	0.85	0.79	0.87	0.27	0.74	0.3
Accounts Payable	0.9	0.8	0.85	0.26	0.83	0.92	0.91	0.84	0.92		0.19	0.91	-0.39	0.19	0.85	0.71	0.9	0.89	0.42	0.69	0.9	0.77	0.89	0.23	0.8	0.54
Cash	0.15	0.16	0.01	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.17	-0.03	0.36	0.19		0.16	0.21	1.0	0.07	0.14	0.07	0.21	0.15	0.02	0.11	0.08	0.23	0.2	0.18	-0.3
Non Current Assets Total	0.99	0.93	0.95	0.32	0.92	0.99	0.99	0.94	0.88	0.91	0.16		-0.21	0.16	0.95	0.91	0.99	0.75	0.42	0.89	0.99	0.87	0.93	0.39	0.93	0.42
Non Currrent Assets Other	-0.28	-0.13	-0.28	0.28	-0.16	-0.16	-0.18	-0.29	-0.19	-0.39	0.21	-0.21		0.21	-0.22	0.01	-0.28	-0.59	-0.14	-0.1	-0.26	-0.2	-0.27	0.26	-0.1	-0.66
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.15	0.16	0.01	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.17	-0.03	0.36	0.19	1.0	0.16	0.21		0.07	0.14	0.07	0.21	0.15	0.02	0.11	0.08	0.23	0.2	0.18	-0.3
Net Receivables	0.95	0.88	0.96	0.43	0.91	0.93	0.95	0.96	0.81	0.85	0.07	0.95	-0.22	0.07		0.89	0.97	0.62	0.54	0.89	0.98	0.9	0.96	0.27	0.87	0.3
Common Stock Total Equity	0.88	0.98	0.81	0.2	0.81	0.88	0.88	0.81	0.69	0.71	0.14	0.91	0.01	0.14	0.89		0.9	0.54	0.23	0.86	0.89	0.71	0.8	0.43	0.98	0.31
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.98	0.92	0.97	0.3	0.9	0.96	0.98	0.97	0.83	0.9	0.07	0.99	-0.28	0.07	0.97	0.9		0.72	0.44	0.91	0.99	0.87	0.93	0.31	0.91	0.45
Inventory	0.78	0.68	0.66	-0.02	0.68	0.76	0.74	0.65	0.78	0.89	0.21	0.75	-0.59	0.21	0.62	0.54	0.72		0.22	0.48	0.73	0.56	0.71	0.24	0.67	0.7
Other Current Assets	0.43	0.22	0.59	0.79	0.66	0.42	0.43	0.58	0.44	0.42	0.15	0.42	-0.14	0.15	0.54	0.23	0.44	0.22		0.43	0.5	0.68	0.69	-0.04	0.21	-0.33
Other Stockholder Equity	0.88	0.85	0.92	0.33	0.84	0.83	0.87	0.92	0.62	0.69	0.02	0.89	-0.1	0.02	0.89	0.86	0.91	0.48	0.43		0.91	0.82	0.83	0.47	0.84	0.29
Total Liab	0.99	0.91	0.98	0.36	0.94	0.96	0.98	0.97	0.85	0.9	0.11	0.99	-0.26	0.11	0.98	0.89	0.99	0.73	0.5	0.91		0.9	0.96	0.35	0.9	0.4
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.88	0.69	0.93	0.59	0.9	0.85	0.88	0.93	0.79	0.77	0.08	0.87	-0.2	0.08	0.9	0.71	0.87	0.56	0.68	0.82	0.9		0.93	0.32	0.68	0.14
Total Current Assets	0.94	0.82	0.95	0.53	0.97	0.93	0.94	0.94	0.87	0.89	0.23	0.93	-0.27	0.23	0.96	0.8	0.93	0.71	0.69	0.83	0.96	0.93		0.27	0.81	0.23
Short Term Debt	0.38	0.41	0.33	0.12	0.47	0.39	0.39	0.32	0.27	0.23	0.2	0.39	0.26	0.2	0.27	0.43	0.31	0.24	-0.04	0.47	0.35	0.32	0.27		0.41	0.09
Common Stock	0.9	1.0	0.81	0.14	0.81	0.91	0.9	0.8	0.74	0.8	0.18	0.93	-0.1	0.18	0.87	0.98	0.91	0.67	0.21	0.84	0.9	0.68	0.81	0.41		0.43
Current Deferred Revenue	0.44	0.44	0.35	-0.55	0.18	0.36	0.39	0.37	0.3	0.54	-0.3	0.42	-0.66	-0.3	0.3	0.31	0.45	0.7	-0.33	0.29	0.4	0.14	0.23	0.09	0.43

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MDU Resources Account Relationship Matchups

MDU Resources fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	7.7B	8.1B	8.9B	9.7B	7.8B	4.6B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	198.6M	200.6M	202.4M	203.5M	203.9M	166.9M
Short Long Term Debt Total	2.4B	2.4B	2.9B	3.2B	2.5B	1.6B
Other Current Liab	3.5M	329.5M	314.1M	775.6M	567.9M	596.3M
Total Current Liabilities	866.4M	963.5M	1.1B	1.5B	1.1B	715.1M
Total Stockholder Equity	2.8B	3.1B	3.4B	3.6B	2.9B	2.2B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	5.0B	5.3B	5.9B	6.2B	5.2B	3.7B
Net Debt	2.3B	2.3B	2.8B	3.1B	2.4B	1.5B
Retained Earnings	1.3B	1.6B	1.8B	2.0B	1.3B	1.1B
Accounts Payable	403.4M	426.3M	478.9M	525.6M	247.6M	286.2M
Cash	66.5M	59.5M	54.2M	80.5M	48.9M	80.7M
Non Current Assets Total	6.4B	6.7B	7.4B	7.6B	6.5B	4.6B
Non Currrent Assets Other	1.1M	7.4M	(76.4M)	(136.1M)	659.0M	691.9M
Cash And Short Term Investments	66.5M	59.5M	54.2M	80.5M	48.9M	80.8M
Net Receivables	836.6M	874.0M	946.7M	1.1B	942.8M	592.1M
Common Stock Total Equity	200.9M	201.1M	203.9M	204.2M	234.8M	168.0M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	7.7B	8.1B	8.9B	9.7B	7.8B	5.6B
Non Current Liabilities Total	4.0B	4.0B	4.4B	4.6B	3.9B	2.6B
Inventory	278.4M	291.2M	335.6M	387.5M	87.4M	83.0M
Other Current Assets	115.8M	112.6M	214.4M	848.3M	284.7M	298.9M
Other Stockholder Equity	1.4B	1.4B	1.5B	1.5B	1.5B	1.2B
Total Liab	4.8B	5.0B	5.5B	6.1B	4.9B	3.4B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	5.0B	5.3B	9.0B	9.4B	7.4B	4.0B
Total Current Assets	1.3B	1.3B	1.6B	2.0B	1.4B	997.9M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(42.1M)	(48.1M)	(41.0M)	(30.6M)	(18.4M)	(19.3M)
Short Term Debt	48.2M	118.9M	218.8M	107.6M	202.1M	108.4M
Common Stock	200.9M	201.1M	203.9M	204.2M	203.7M	169.9M
Current Deferred Revenue	411.3M	420.6M	413.6M	208.2M	58.1M	55.2M
Other Liab	1.7B	1.7B	1.8B	1.7B	2.0B	2.1B
Other Assets	(59K)	523.5M	515.5M	495.2M	(159K)	(151.1K)
Long Term Debt	2.2B	2.2B	2.6B	2.8B	2.2B	1.7B
Property Plant Equipment	4.9B	5.2B	5.8B	6.1B	7.0B	4.3B
Intangible Assets	15.2M	25.5M	22.6M	17.5M	2.0M	1.9M
Good Will	681.4M	715.0M	765.4M	763.5M	489.0M	624.8M
Net Tangible Assets	4.4B	2.3B	2.6B	2.8B	2.5B	2.9B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	1.3B	1.6B	1.8B	2.0B	2.2B	1.6B
Long Term Debt Total	2.2B	2.2B	2.6B	2.8B	3.2B	2.0B
Capital Surpluse	1.4B	1.4B	1.5B	1.5B	1.7B	1.3B
Deferred Long Term Liab	506.6M	516.1M	592.0M	631.3M	568.2M	514.9M

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