---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000067716-24-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDU"
cik: "0000067716"
company_name: "MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T06:02:34.305225+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MDU Resources posts record 2023; regulated energy earnings up 21%; initiates 2024 guidance

## Summary
- Full-year diluted EPS $2.03; adjusted EPS from continuing ops $1.50 vs $1.25 prior year.
- Record electric retail sales volumes, pipeline earnings, and construction services revenue ($2.85B) and earnings ($137.2M).
- Regulated energy delivery earnings $167M, up 21% from $137.6M in 2022.
- 2024 guidance: regulated energy delivery earnings $170M-$180M; construction services EBITDA $220M-$240M.
- Completed tax-free exchange of retained Knife River shares in Q4 2023, recording $186.6M gain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000067716-24-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDU
- cik: 0000067716
- company_name: MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000009/0000067716-24-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000009/mdu-20240208.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC reported the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2023 results: net income $414.7 million, EPS $2.03. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2023
  - Net income: $414.7 million
  - EPS: $2.03
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: MDU Resources Reports Robust Growth in 2023; Initiates Guidance for 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000009/0000067716-24-000009-index.htm

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