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MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) vs Spire Inc. (SR)

MDU Resources Group, Inc. and Spire Inc. are both Utilities Regulated Gas companies. Spire Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.3B against $3.9B — 1.4× the size. Spire Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.9× against 19.5×. Spire Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.12% against −1.13%. Spire Inc. has the higher net margin (20.9% vs 10.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.76% vs 3.56%). Both pay a dividend; Spire Inc. yields more (3.70% vs 3.04%). Across the 22 metrics below, Spire Inc. leads on 17 and MDU Resources Group, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric MDU SR Utilities Regulated Gas median
P/E 19.55 9.92 18.45
P/S 2.13 2.07 2.24
P/B 1.33 1.47 1.60
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 12.23 12.26 12.21
EV/Sales 3.51 4.43 3.95
Earnings yield 5.12% 10.08% 5.44%
Free cash flow yield (9.92%) (4.23%) (4.57%)

Profitability

Metric MDU SR Utilities Regulated Gas median
Gross margin 58.68% 69.16% 63.29%
Operating margin 16.98% 22.69% 22.80%
Net margin 10.75% 20.93% 13.27%
Free cash flow margin (21.10%) (8.77%) (11.13%)
Return on equity 6.95% 15.57% 9.10%
Return on assets 2.68% 4.17% 3.58%
Return on invested capital 3.56% 3.76% 4.40%

Growth

Metric MDU SR Utilities Regulated Gas median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.13%) 4.12% 3.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (32.12%) 4.30% 13.77%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (19.46%) 5.94% 6.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (13.37%) 28.34% 8.10%

Health

Metric MDU SR Utilities Regulated Gas median
Debt to equity 0.88 1.67 1.15
Current ratio 0.99 0.37 0.80
Net debt to EBITDA 5.31 4.68 4.57

Dividend

Metric MDU SR Utilities Regulated Gas median
Dividend yield 3.04% 3.70% 3.32%
Payout ratio 0.59 0.37 0.59

Size

Metric MDU SR Utilities Regulated Gas median
Market cap 3.90b 5.28b 5.26b

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