TTM
28.2%
YoY change
−10.94pp
Trough year (2015)
14.9%
Peak year (2002)
92.7%
Latest annual
21.6%
Gross Margin history chart for MDU Resources Group (MDU) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: 21.6%
Gross Margin change chart for MDU Resources Group (MDU) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: −10.94pp
Gross Margin history table for MDU Resources Group (MDU) from 1994 to 2025
| 2025 | 21.6% | -10.94pp | ||
| 2024 | 32.5% | +3.78pp | ||
| 2023 | 28.8% | +0.71pp | ||
| 2022 | 28.0% | +8.15pp | ||
| 2021 | 19.9% | +0.97pp | ||
| 2020 | 18.9% | +1.44pp | ||
| 2019 | 17.5% | +0.04pp | ||
| 2018 | 17.4% | -0.62pp | ||
| 2017 | 18.1% | -0.75pp | ||
| 2016 | 18.8% | +3.92pp | ||
| 2015 | 14.9% | -8.27pp | ||
| 2014 | 23.2% | -0.77pp | ||
| 2013 | 23.9% | +0.72pp | ||
| 2012 | 23.2% | -61.06pp | ||
| 2011 | 84.3% | +61.19pp | ||
| 2010 | 23.1% | -57.62pp | ||
| 2009 | 80.7% | +2.77pp | ||
| 2008 | 77.9% | -6.45pp | ||
| 2007 | 84.4% | -7.23pp | ||
| 2006 | 91.6% | +3.00pp | ||
| 2005 | 88.6% | +0.20pp | ||
| 2004 | 88.4% | -1.10pp | ||
| 2003 | 89.5% | -3.16pp | ||
| 2002 | 92.7% | +19.08pp | ||
| 2001 | 73.6% | +10.35pp | ||
| 2000 | 63.3% | -5.41pp | ||
| 1999 | 68.7% | -8.06pp | ||
| 1998 | 76.7% | -3.08pp | ||
| 1997 | 79.8% | -2.14pp | ||
| 1996 | 82.0% | +2.48pp | ||
| 1995 | 79.5% | +0.85pp | ||
| 1994 | 78.6% | — |
- 202521.6%-10.94pp
- 202432.5%+3.78pp
- 202328.8%+0.71pp
- 202228.0%+8.15pp
- 202119.9%+0.97pp
- 202018.9%+1.44pp
- 201917.5%+0.04pp
- 201817.4%-0.62pp
- 201718.1%-0.75pp
- 201618.8%+3.92pp
- 201514.9%-8.27pp
- 201423.2%-0.77pp
- 201323.9%+0.72pp
- 201223.2%-61.06pp
- 201184.3%+61.19pp
- 201023.1%-57.62pp
- 200980.7%+2.77pp
- 200877.9%-6.45pp
- 200784.4%-7.23pp
- 200691.6%+3.00pp
- 200588.6%+0.20pp
- 200488.4%-1.10pp
- 200389.5%-3.16pp
- 200292.7%+19.08pp
- 200173.6%+10.35pp
- 200063.3%-5.41pp
- 199968.7%-8.06pp
- 199876.7%-3.08pp
- 199779.8%-2.14pp
- 199682.0%+2.48pp
- 199579.5%+0.85pp
- 199478.6%—
Gross Margin values are taken from MDU Resources Group's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Gross Margin at MDU Resources Group (MDU)
According to MDU Resources Group's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 28.2%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of MDU Resources Group (MDU) gross margin is 21.59% – contracted 10.9 percentage points year-over-year.
92.69% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 2002, against a low of 14.90% during 2015.
MDU Resources Group Gross Margin by Year
MDU Resources Group Gross Margin 2025: 21.6%
MDU Resources Group posted gross margin of 21.59% in 2025, contracted 10.9 percentage points from 2024.
MDU Resources Group Gross Margin 2024: 32.5%
In 2024, MDU Resources Group reported gross margin of 32.53%, expanded 3.8 percentage points from 2023.
MDU Resources Group Gross Margin 2023: 28.8%
MDU Resources Group gross margin in 2023 was 28.75%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.
MDU Resources Group Gross Margin 2022: 28.0%
2022's gross margin for MDU Resources Group came in at 28.05%, expanded 8.2 percentage points from 2021.
MDU Resources Group Gross Margin 2021: 19.9%
MDU Resources Group gross margin in 2021 was 19.90%.
See more financial history for MDU Resources Group (MDU).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Industrials peers of MDU Resources Group (MDU), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 45.7% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 35.1% | |
| 34.8% | |
| 32.5% | |
| 20.2% | |
| 4.8% |
- 45.7%
- 35.1%
- 34.8%
- 32.5%
- 20.2%
- 4.8%
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