MDU or SWX: Which Is a Better Utility Gas Distribution Stock?

Key Takeaways Both MDU and SWX benefit from rising natural gas demand and interest rate cuts. MDU posts a higher ROE at 9.86% vs. SWX's 6.76%, and maintains a lower debt-to-capital ratio than its peer. In the past three months, MDU stock has lost 0.5% compared with SWX's 2.3% decline.Natural gas distribution pipelines play a vital role in delivering natural gas from intrastate and interstate transmission pipelines to consumers through small-diameter pipelines. The natural gas network in the United States ...