MLI Stock Analysis: Mueller Industries | NYSE
Metal Fabrication | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 13.775m USD | 12M Return: 47% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 109M
EPS Trend: 90.6%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 94.2%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Mueller Industries, Inc. is a U.S.-based manufacturer of copper, brass, and aluminum products, operating since 1917 and headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee. The company sells into plumbing, refrigeration, HVAC, automotive, construction, utility, and electrical transmission markets across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Asia, the Middle East, and Mexico.
The business is organized into three segments: Piping Systems (copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples sold to wholesalers, distributors, building material retailers, and HVAC OEMs), Industrial Metals (brass and copper alloy rods and bars, cold-form aluminum and copper products, machined components, forgings, valves, fluid control solutions, and specialty tubing for industrial, construction, and utility customers), and Climate (valves, protection devices, brass fittings, coaxial heat exchangers, twisted tubes, high-pressure HVAC components, and insulated flexible duct systems).
As a large-cap industrial machinery and components company, Muellers business model is closely tied to construction, housing, and HVAC end-markets, with copper price exposure and OEM customer relationships being key drivers of revenue. The companys diversified product portfolio and geographic footprint provide exposure to both domestic and international demand cycles.
- Copper price swings pressure Piping Systems margins
- HVAC demand recovery lifts Climate segment revenue
- Housing starts drive plumbing and refrigeration product volumes
| Net Income: 850.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -8.14 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 48.26% < 20% (prev 43.31%; Δ 4.95% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 451.1m > Net Income 850.5m |
| Net Debt (-1.37b) to EBITDA (1.20b): -1.15 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 4.78 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (221.2m) vs 12m ago -0.31% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 27.31% > 18% (prev 28.47%; Δ -1.16% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 120.4% > 50% (prev 116.4%; Δ 3.96% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.65k > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.13b / Interest Expense TTM 200k) |
| A: 0.53 (Total Current Assets 2.85b - Total Current Liabilities 595.8m) / Total Assets 4.26b |
| B: 0.98 (Retained Earnings 4.17b / Total Assets 4.26b) |
| C: 0.29 (EBIT TTM 1.13b / Avg Total Assets 3.87b) |
| D: 5.19 (Book Value of Equity 3.55b / Total Liabilities 683.3m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 14.07 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.12 (Receivables 761.9m/592.6m, Revenue 4.66b/4.06b) |
| GMI: 1.04 (GM 28.47% / 27.31%) |
| AQI: 0.96 (AQ_t 0.19 / AQ_t-1 0.20) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 4.66b / 4.06b) |
| TATA: 0.09 (NI 850.5m - CFO 451.1m) / TA 4.26b) |
| Beneish M = -2.80 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 27, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 63.91 with a total of 1,341,837 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +8.08%, over one month by -0.30%, over three months by -6.11% and over the past year by +46.98%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 58.60 (which is 8.3% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Mueller Industries has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy MLI.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 74.8 | 17% |
P/E Trailing = 17.2486
P/E Forward = 18.1818
P/S = 2.9639
P/B = 3.905
P/EG = 3.4081
Revenue TTM = 4.66b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.13b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.20b USD
Long Term Debt = 5.24m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 7.59m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 44.1m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 19.4m
Net Debt = -1.37b USD (calculated: Debt 44.1m - CCE 1.42b)
Enterprise Value = 12.4b USD (13.8b + Debt 44.1m - CCE 1.42b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.65k (Ebit TTM 1.13b / Interest Expense TTM 200k)
EV/FCF = 33.15x (Enterprise Value 12.4b / FCF TTM 374.1m)
FCF Yield = 3.02% (FCF TTM 374.1m / Enterprise Value 12.4b)
FCF Margin = 8.03% (FCF TTM 374.1m / Revenue TTM 4.66b)
Net Margin = 18.25% (Net Income TTM 850.5m / Revenue TTM 4.66b)
Gross Margin = 27.31% ((Revenue TTM 4.66b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.39b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 27.69% (prev 30.05%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.91 (Enterprise Value 12.4b / Total Assets 4.26b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.45% (Interest Expense 200k / Debt 44.1m)
Taxrate = 24.70% (279.0m / 1.13b)
NOPAT = 850.6m (EBIT 1.13b * (1 - 24.70%))
Current Ratio = 4.78 (Total Current Assets 2.85b / Total Current Liabilities 595.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.01 (Debt 44.1m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.55b)
Debt / EBITDA = -1.15 (Net Debt -1.37b / EBITDA 1.20b)
Debt / FCF = -3.67 (Net Debt -1.37b / FCF TTM 374.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.11b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 21.96% (Net Income 850.5m / Total Assets 4.26b)
RoE = 27.33% (Net Income TTM 850.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 3.11b)
RoCE = 36.24% (EBIT 1.13b / Capital Employed (Equity 3.11b + L.T.Debt 5.24m))
RoIC = 24.76% (NOPAT 850.6m / Invested Capital 3.44b)
WACC = 9.52% (E(13.8b)/V(13.8b) * Re(9.55%) + D(44.1m)/V(13.8b) * Rd(0.45%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 9.55% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -89.22 | Cagr: -1.39%
[DCF] Terminal Value 68.84% ; FCFF base≈460.6m ; Y1≈404.0m ; Y5≈326.4m
[DCF] Fair Price = 26.07 (EV 4.39b - Net Debt -1.37b = Equity 5.76b / Shares 221.1m; r=9.52% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 90.59 | EPS CAGR: 13.86% | SUE: -4.0 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 94.23 | Revenue CAGR: 12.17% | SUE: 0.41 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.09 | Chg30d=+1.40% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.20 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+32.5% | GrowthRev=+14.1%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.38 | Chg30d=+0.11% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+4.3% | GrowthRev=+8.7%