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MDU Dividend History, Yield & Dates

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MDUMDU Resources Group, Inc.

Utilities / Regulated Gas

Low Priority

In Line With Peers

NeutralEdge 5/10
$19.12+$0.02 (+0.10%)

Latest quote

  • Momentum
    58
  • Value
    51
  • Quality
    43
  • Risk resilience
    57
  • Sentiment
    —
algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

MDU Dividend answer

MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 3.03%, or $0.58 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.96%, from $0.565 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.145 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 10, 2026. Payment date: Oct 1, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.

MDU Dividend Snapshot

Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.

History
47
dividends captured
Growth years
1
raw events; specials not isolated
Durability score
30/100
coverage and consistency proxy
Shareholder yield
1.29%
dividend-only view

Next MDU Dividend Date

When MDU next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Next MDU dividend

Not announced

MDU's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.145 per share. Data last checked: Oct 10, 2026.

Ex-date
Unknown
unknown
Pay date
Oct 1, 2026
Frequency
quarterly

Latest MDU Dividend Dates

Sep 10, 2026

Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.

Dividend yield
2.96%
Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.96%
TTM dividends / latest available price
Forward dividend yield
3.03%
Latest dividend × 4 a year = $0.58 / latest price
Trailing annual dividend
$0.565
6.60% vs prior complete year
Latest dividend
$0.145
3.57% vs prior payment
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available dividend events
Ex-dividend date
Sep 10, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Payment date
Oct 1, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Next dividend
Not announced
Amount status independent from ex-date
Payout ratio
71.67%
Dividend as a share of earnings where available
FCF payout
33.75%
Dividend as a share of free cash flow per share
FCF coverage
-2.96x
Free cash flow per share divided by dividend

AIQ Dividend bridge

Quality43/100

Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.

Value51/100

Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience57/100

Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.

MDU Dividend History

Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Dividend reliability

Active payer

Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Yield
2.96%
Current income rate
TTM trend
Trailing income rising
6.60% vs prior complete year
FCF coverage
Not covered by FCF
-2.96x
Payout ratio
71.67%
Earnings payout context
Recent dividend cadence
8 records
Dec 24
$0.13
Mar 25
$0.13
Jun 25
$0.13
Sep 25
$0.14
Dec 25
$0.14
Mar 26
$0.14
Jun 26
$0.14
Sep 26
$0.145

MDU Annual Dividend History

2016 - 2026
11 plotted years

MDU Dividend Growth

+6.60% 1Y
Latest increase +3.57%
Latest MDU Dividend: Declaration, Ex-Date & Payment
Declared
Aug 13, 2026
Ex-date
Sep 10, 2026
Record
Sep 10, 2026
Paid
Oct 1, 2026

Latest row amount $0.145, event yield 2.88%.

Event field coverage
Declaration40/41
Record41/41
Payment41/41
Frequency41/41
History depth
41 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Sep 10, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 10, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
41/41 pay
41/41 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.

Dividend growth

MDU regular dividend growth, 2020–2025
5-year regular dividend CAGR
11.21%
2020 regular DPS
$0.318
2025 regular DPS
$0.540
Absolute change
$0.222
Years increased
4
Years reduced
1

MDU's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 11.21% a year from 2020 through 2025.

MDU reduced its regular dividend in at least one calendar year between 2020 and 2025.

Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

The regular dividend jumped 58.6% in 2025, a single step rather than steady compounding.

MDU Dividend Yield

How MDU's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month dividend yield

MDU's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.

Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.96%
Trailing 12-month dividends
$0.565

Dividend coverage

What MDU's dividend is paid out of

Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.

Payout ratio
71.67%
FCF coverage
-2.96x

Recent MDU dividend payments

41 covered dividends
Showing latest 5 of 41 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Sep 10, 2026$0.145
$0.145
2.88%Quarterly$0.565Aug 13, 2026Sep 10, 2026Oct 1, 2026
Jun 11, 2026$0.14
$0.14
2.68%Quarterly$0.56May 13, 2026Jun 11, 2026Jul 1, 2026
Mar 12, 2026$0.14
$0.14
2.63%Quarterly$0.55Feb 19, 2026Mar 12, 2026Apr 1, 2026
Dec 11, 2025$0.14
$0.14
2.75%Quarterly$0.54Nov 13, 2025Dec 11, 2025Jan 1, 2026
Sep 11, 2025$0.14
$0.14
3.23%Quarterly$0.53Aug 14, 2025Sep 11, 2025Oct 1, 2025
Show older history+36 rows
Jun 12, 2025$0.13
$0.13
2.77%Quarterly$0.462May 14, 2025Jun 12, 2025Jul 1, 2025
Mar 13, 2025$0.13
$0.13
2.44%Quarterly$0.4012Feb 13, 2025Mar 13, 2025Apr 1, 2025
Dec 12, 2024$0.13
$0.13
1.81%Quarterly$0.3404Nov 14, 2024Dec 12, 2024Jan 1, 2025
Sep 12, 2024$0.13
$0.072
1.97%Quarterly$0.2796Aug 15, 2024Sep 12, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Jun 13, 2024$0.125
$0.0692
2.02%Quarterly$0.2769May 15, 2024Jun 13, 2024Jul 1, 2024
Mar 13, 2024$0.125
$0.0692
2.66%Quarterly$0.3308Feb 15, 2024Mar 14, 2024Apr 1, 2024
Dec 13, 2023$0.125
$0.0692
3.14%Quarterly$0.3461Nov 16, 2023Dec 14, 2023Jan 1, 2024
Sep 13, 2023$0.125
$0.0692
3.35%Quarterly$0.3615Aug 3, 2023Sep 14, 2023Oct 1, 2023
Jun 12, 2023$0.2225
$0.1232
3.30%Quarterly$0.3749May 4, 2023Jun 13, 2023Jul 1, 2023
Mar 8, 2023$0.2225
$0.0845
2.84%Quarterly$0.3343Feb 16, 2023Mar 9, 2023Apr 1, 2023
Dec 7, 2022$0.2225
$0.0845
2.88%Quarterly$0.3324Nov 17, 2022Dec 8, 2022Jan 1, 2023
Sep 7, 2022$0.2175
$0.0826
2.88%Quarterly$0.3305Aug 11, 2022Sep 8, 2022Oct 1, 2022
Jun 8, 2022$0.2175
$0.0826
3.17%Quarterly$0.3286May 11, 2022Jun 9, 2022Jul 1, 2022
Mar 9, 2022$0.2175
$0.0826
3.32%Quarterly$0.3267Feb 17, 2022Mar 10, 2022Apr 1, 2022
Dec 8, 2021$0.2175
$0.0826
2.99%Quarterly$0.3248Nov 11, 2021Dec 9, 2021Jan 1, 2022
Sep 8, 2021$0.2125
$0.0807
2.69%Quarterly$0.3229Aug 12, 2021Sep 9, 2021Oct 1, 2021
Jun 9, 2021$0.2125
$0.0807
2.53%Quarterly$0.321May 12, 2021Jun 10, 2021Jul 1, 2021
Mar 10, 2021$0.2125
$0.0807
2.69%Quarterly$0.3191Feb 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Dec 9, 2020$0.2125
$0.0807
3.40%Quarterly$0.3172Nov 12, 2020Dec 10, 2020Jan 1, 2021
Sep 9, 2020$0.2075
$0.0788
3.50%Quarterly$0.3153Aug 13, 2020Sep 10, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Jun 10, 2020$0.2075
$0.0788
3.64%Quarterly$0.3134May 13, 2020Jun 11, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Mar 11, 2020$0.2075
$0.0788
3.11%Quarterly$0.3115Feb 13, 2020Mar 12, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Dec 11, 2019$0.2075
$0.0788
2.82%Quarterly$0.3096Nov 14, 2019Dec 12, 2019Jan 1, 2020
Sep 11, 2019$0.2025
$0.0769
2.88%Quarterly$0.3077Aug 15, 2019Sep 12, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Jun 12, 2019$0.2025
$0.0769
3.14%Quarterly$0.3058May 8, 2019Jun 13, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Mar 13, 2019$0.2025
$0.0769
3.11%Quarterly$0.3039Feb 14, 2019Mar 14, 2019Apr 1, 2019
Dec 12, 2018$0.2025
$0.0769
3.04%Quarterly$0.302Nov 15, 2018Dec 13, 2018Jan 1, 2019
Sep 12, 2018$0.1975
$0.075
2.92%Quarterly$0.3001Aug 16, 2018Sep 13, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Jun 13, 2018$0.1975
$0.075
2.83%Quarterly$0.2982May 9, 2018Jun 14, 2018Jul 1, 2018
Mar 7, 2018$0.1975
$0.075
2.94%Quarterly$0.2963Feb 15, 2018Mar 8, 2018Apr 1, 2018
Dec 13, 2017$0.1975
$0.075
2.86%Quarterly$0.2944Nov 16, 2017Dec 14, 2017Jan 1, 2018
Sep 13, 2017$0.1925
$0.0731
2.87%Quarterly$0.2925Aug 17, 2017Sep 14, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Jun 6, 2017$0.1925
$0.0731
2.84%Quarterly——Jun 8, 2017Jul 1, 2017
Mar 7, 2017$0.1925
$0.0731
2.84%Quarterly—Feb 16, 2017Mar 9, 2017Apr 1, 2017
Dec 6, 2016$0.1925
$0.0731
2.62%Quarterly—Nov 17, 2016Dec 8, 2016Jan 1, 2017
Sep 6, 2016$0.1875
$0.0712
3.12%Quarterly—Aug 11, 2016Sep 8, 2016Oct 1, 2016
Dividend context
How to read MDU's dividend profile

Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.

Yield needs coverage

A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.

Payment history matters

Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.

Payout ratio is context

A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.

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MDU Dividends FAQ

Does MDU pay a dividend?

MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.15 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.

What is MDU's dividend yield?

MDU's trailing dividend yield is 2.96%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.

When is MDU's next dividend?

MDU's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.

When is MDU's ex-dividend date?

MDU's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 10, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.

How has MDU's dividend changed?

MDU's one-year dividend growth is 6.60% based on comparable covered dividend history.