MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC (MDU) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:MDU - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US5526901096 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Taking everything into account, MDU scores 1 out of 10 in our technical rating. MDU scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.
75% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than MDU.
MDU is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Gas Utilities industry. 107% of 14 stocks in the same industry do better.
MDU is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Agreed, the S&P500 Index is also not doing fantastic, but it still sitting in the middle of its 52 week range.
In the last month MDU has a been trading in the 15.04 - 17.08 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
MDU has an average volume of 1844070 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
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 very little resistance above the current price. There is a support zone below the current price at 16.72, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.
More info and screens
15.97
18.80
When analyzing the support we can see 2 important areas.
- A support zone ranging from 16.47 to 16.72. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- Support @16.13 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
We can see 3 important resistance areas.
- Resistance @16.77 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 17.07 to 17.25. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @18.61 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS25.85
Mansfield-1.81
10 Day High17.03
10 Day Low15.08
20 Day High17.08
20 Day Low15.04
52 Week High30.52
52 Week Low14.92
Performance
1 Week0.54%
2 Weeks6.82%
1 Month-1.76%
3 Month-7.4%
6 Month-41.77%
12 Month-32.06%
2 Year-42.64%
3 Year-34.94%
5 Year-25.38%
10 Year-24.81%
15 Year-20.94%
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)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.06
RSI(14)52.13
LBB15.59
UBB17.29
16.76
+0.36 (+2.2%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorUtilities
GICS IndustryGas Utilities
Performance
% Chg2.2%
1 Week0.54%
2 Weeks6.82%
1 Month-1.76%
3 Month-7.4%
6 Month-41.77%
12 Month-32.06%
2 Year-42.64%
3 Year-34.94%
5 Year-25.38%
10 Year-24.81%
15 Year-20.94%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.63
ATR(20)%3.17%
ATR Inc-25.39%
Range Today0.32
ADR(20)0.51
ADR(20)%3.04%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS25.85
Mansfield-1.81
10 Day High17.03
10 Day Low15.08
20 Day High17.08
20 Day Low15.04
52 Week High30.52
52 Week Low14.92
CS1 End16.72
CR1 Start16.77
Volume & EV
DER(3)1.32%
DER(5)0.7%
Volume1.02M
Volume Incr-54.35%
Vol(5)1.02M
Vol(50)1.84M