MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC (MDU) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:MDU - US5526901096 - Common Stock
16.075 USD
-0.07 (-0.46%)
Overall MDU gets a technical rating of 0 out of 10. MDU's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
90% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than MDU.
MDU is part of the Gas Utilities industry. There are 14 other stocks in this industry, of which 100% are performing better than MDU.
MDU is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new 52 week highs at the moment.
In the last month MDU has a been trading in the 16.07 - 17.75 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
MDU has an average volume of 1558560 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
Although the technical rating is bad, MDU does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a support zone below the current price at 16.13, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for MDU in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
15.44
17.94
We found 2 important support areas.
- A support zone ranging from 15.99 to 16.01. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @15.60 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 16.13 to 16.70. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 17.25 to 17.76. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.
| Indicator | Value | Signal | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The long term trend for MDU is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The short term trend for MDU is down. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 10.73 | NEGATIVE | MDU has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 89.27% off all stocks on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of MDU is below a declining SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of MDU is below a declining SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of MDU is below a declining SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 40.66 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for MDU is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | -0.02 | NEGATIVE | The MACD value suggests MDU has a negative trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 14.01 | OVERSOLD | The low Stochastics value suggests MDU may be oversold. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 2.31 | MEDIUM VOLATILITY | The ATR as a percentage value for MDU suggests some volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 15.86 | NEGATIVE | The low ADX value for MDU suggests a weak or negative trend. |
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
NYSE:MDU (9/4/2025, 2:09:41 PM)
16.075
-0.07 (-0.46%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorUtilities
GICS IndustryGas Utilities
Performance
% Chg-0.46%
1 Week-1.1%
2 Weeks-1.52%
1 Month-8.76%
3 Month-3.87%
6 Month-2.89%
12 Month-34.69%
2 Year-17.52%
3 Year-40.95%
5 Year-28.22%
10 Year-6.1%
15 Year-19.05%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.31
ATR(20)%2.31%
ATR Inc-17.96%
Range Today0.32
ADR(20)0.37
ADR(20)%2.31%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS10.73
Mansfield-2.1
10 Day High16.72
10 Day Low16.07
20 Day High17.75
20 Day Low16.07
52 Week High30.52
52 Week Low14.92
CS1 End16.13
CR1 Start16.29
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.55%
DER(5)3.86%
Volume577.94K
Volume Incr-29.66%
Vol(5)1.25M
Vol(50)1.56M