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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESAB ESAB	$117.93 -1.4%	$122.15	$88.54 ▼ $135.97	$7.25B	1.31	274,160 shs	456,358 shs
FELE Franklin Electric	$85.73 -0.1%	$87.10	$78.87 ▼ $111.94	$3.91B	1.08	212,947 shs	221,343 shs
MLI Mueller Industries	$72.70 +0.1%	$75.32	$54.31 ▼ $96.81	$8.03B	1.03	961,473 shs	1.53 million shs
NDSN Nordson	$213.53 -0.3%	$198.51	$165.03 ▼ $266.86	$12.10B	0.89	318,655 shs	483,031 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESAB ESAB	-1.33%	-6.56%	-9.01%	-2.01%	+23.58%
FELE Franklin Electric	-0.14%	-1.35%	-4.05%	-12.53%	-11.64%
MLI Mueller Industries	+0.16%	-7.23%	-7.35%	-8.52%	+31.77%
NDSN Nordson	-0.28%	-2.62%	+4.44%	+3.84%	-8.04%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ESAB ESAB	3.19 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	1.7	0.0	2.2	2.5	1.3
FELE Franklin Electric	4.0988 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	4.2	3.0	3.0	2.5	1.9
MLI Mueller Industries	3.8884 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.9	2.5	1.3
NDSN Nordson	4.1901 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.6	1.7	0.6

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ESAB ESAB	2.63	Moderate Buy	$137.22	16.36% Upside
FELE Franklin Electric	2.00	Hold	$94.00	9.65% Upside
MLI Mueller Industries	3.00	Buy	$105.00	44.44% Upside
NDSN Nordson	2.60	Moderate Buy	$252.00	18.02% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ESAB, NDSN, MLI, and FELE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/18/2025	NDSN Nordson	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Peer Perform
6/17/2025	NDSN Nordson	Vertical Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$245.00
5/30/2025	NDSN Nordson	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$241.00 ➝ $245.00
5/30/2025	NDSN Nordson	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$260.00
5/19/2025	ESAB ESAB	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$120.00 ➝ $125.00
5/2/2025	ESAB ESAB	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$143.00
5/2/2025	ESAB ESAB	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$109.00 ➝ $126.00
4/30/2025	FELE Franklin Electric	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$111.00 ➝ $94.00
4/14/2025	ESAB ESAB	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$125.00 ➝ $109.00
4/8/2025	NDSN Nordson	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$260.00 ➝ $230.00
4/1/2025	ESAB ESAB	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$123.00 ➝ $147.00

(Data available from 6/19/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ESAB ESAB	$2.74B	2.61	$6.15 per share	19.16	$29.91 per share	3.94
FELE Franklin Electric	$2.02B	1.93	$5.17 per share	16.59	$27.77 per share	3.09
MLI Mueller Industries	$3.77B	2.13	$5.79 per share	12.55	$24.66 per share	2.95
NDSN Nordson	$2.69B	4.49	$12.15 per share	17.57	$52.39 per share	4.08

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ESAB ESAB	$264.84M	$4.44	26.56	20.23	2.92	9.98%	16.98%	7.69%	8/1/2025 (Estimated)
FELE Franklin Electric	$180.31M	$3.82	22.44	18.44	1.74	8.85%	14.08%	9.72%	7/22/2025 (Estimated)
MLI Mueller Industries	$604.88M	$5.49	13.24	∞	N/A	15.92%	23.17%	19.51%	7/22/2025 (Estimated)
NDSN Nordson	$467.28M	$7.78	27.45	19.61	1.65	16.51%	19.10%	9.60%	8/20/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ESAB, NDSN, MLI, and FELE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/28/2025	Q2 2025	NDSN Nordson	$2.36	$2.42	+$0.06	$1.97	$671.36 million	$682.94 million
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	ESAB ESAB	$1.18	$1.25	+$0.07	$1.10	$633.66 million	$678.14 million
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	FELE Franklin Electric	$0.73	$0.67	-$0.06	$0.67	$471.21 million	$455.25 million
4/22/2025	Q1 2025	MLI Mueller Industries	$1.31	$1.39	+$0.08	$1.39	$1.00 billion	$1.00 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ESAB ESAB	$0.32	0.27%	N/A	7.21%	3 Years
FELE Franklin Electric	$1.06	1.24%	N/A	27.75%	33 Years
MLI Mueller Industries	$1.00	1.38%	N/A	18.21%	5 Years
NDSN Nordson	$3.12	1.46%	N/A	40.10%	62 Years

Latest ESAB, NDSN, MLI, and FELE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/9/2025	ESAB ESAB	quarterly	$0.10	0.3%	7/3/2025	7/3/2025	7/18/2025
6/3/2025	NDSN Nordson	quarterly	$0.78	1.5%	6/18/2025	6/19/2025	7/3/2025
5/9/2025	MLI Mueller Industries	quarterly	$0.25	1.33%	6/6/2025	6/6/2025	6/20/2025
5/8/2025	FELE Franklin Electric	quarterly	$0.2650	1.19%	5/8/2025	5/8/2025	5/22/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ESAB ESAB	0.54	1.91	1.24
FELE Franklin Electric	0.01	1.98	0.82
MLI Mueller Industries	N/A	4.29	3.24
NDSN Nordson	0.72	2.56	1.64

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ESAB ESAB	91.13%
FELE Franklin Electric	79.98%
MLI Mueller Industries	94.50%
NDSN Nordson	72.11%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ESAB ESAB	7.30%
FELE Franklin Electric	2.72%
MLI Mueller Industries	2.70%
NDSN Nordson	0.80%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ESAB ESAB	9,300	60.62 million	56.20 million	Optionable
FELE Franklin Electric	6,300	45.60 million	44.36 million	Optionable
MLI Mueller Industries	5,168	110.65 million	107.66 million	Optionable
NDSN Nordson	8,000	56.51 million	56.06 million	Optionable

ESAB, NDSN, MLI, and FELE Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Coverage Initiated at Wolfe Research

June 18 at 8:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Wolfe Research initiates Nordson stock with Peerperform rating

June 18 at 7:09 AM | investing.com

Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC Has $3.59 Million Holdings in Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 18 at 5:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Grows Position in Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 18 at 4:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) Stock Position Reduced by Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.

June 18 at 4:06 AM | marketbeat.com

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Now Covered by Analysts at Vertical Research

June 18 at 2:35 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at Vertical Research

June 17 at 8:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC Has $27.79 Million Holdings in Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 16 at 7:52 AM | marketbeat.com

SG Americas Securities LLC Has $1.53 Million Holdings in Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 16 at 3:48 AM | marketbeat.com

Exchange Traded Concepts LLC Buys 8,553 Shares of Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 15, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV Takes $2.20 Million Position in Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 15, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Quasar buying part of Nordson Medical to create its ‘next chapter'

June 12, 2025 | plasticsnews.com

Trueblood Wealth Management LLC Sells 1,705 Shares of Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Yousif Capital Management LLC Acquires 3,373 Shares of Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Nordson Corp (NDSN) Advances Semiconductor Manufacturing with Innovative Panel-Level Packaging ...

June 11, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Nordson Electronics Solutions Develops Panel-Level Packaging Solution for Powertech Technology, ...

June 11, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Nordson Electronics Solutions Develops Panel-Level Packaging Solution for Powertech Technology, Inc. that Achieves Yields Greater than 99% for Underfilling During Semiconductor Manufacturing

June 10, 2025 | investing.com

Nordson Electronics Solutions Develops Panel-Level Packaging Solution for Powertech Technology, Inc. that Achieves Yields Greater than 99% for Underfilling During Semiconductor Manufacturing

June 10, 2025 | businesswire.com

Washington Capital Management Inc. Buys New Stake in Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 8, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Squarepoint Ops LLC Sells 110,581 Shares of Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN)

June 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

June 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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ESAB, NDSN, MLI, and FELE Company Descriptions

ESAB NYSE:ESAB

$117.93 -1.64 (-1.37%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$118.14 +0.21 (+0.17%)

As of 06/18/2025 04:04 PM Eastern

ESAB Corporation engages in the formulation, development, manufacture, and supply of consumable products and equipment for use in cutting, joining, automated welding, and gas control equipment. Its comprehensive range of welding consumables includes electrodes, cored and solid wires, and fluxes using a range of specialty and other materials; and cutting consumables comprising electrodes, nozzles, shields, and tips. The company's equipment ranges from portable welding machines to large customized automated cutting and welding systems. It also offers a range of software and digital solutions to help its customers increase their productivity, remotely monitor their welding operations, and digitize their documentation. The company sells its products under the ESAB brand to various end markets, such as general industry, infrastructure, renewable energy, medical and life sciences, transportation, construction, and energy. It offers its products through independent distributors and direct salespeople. The company operates in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. ESAB Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Franklin Electric NASDAQ:FELE

$85.73 -0.12 (-0.14%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$94.07 +8.34 (+9.73%)

As of 06/18/2025 05:58 PM Eastern

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems worldwide. The company operates through Water Systems, Fueling Systems, and Distribution segments. The Water Systems segment offers submersible motors, drives, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally for pumping clean water and wastewater in various residential, agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications; and manufactures electronic drives and controls that are used in motors for controlling functionality, as well as provides protection from various hazards, such as electrical surges, over-heating, and dry wells or tanks. The Fueling Systems segment provides pumps, pipes, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment primarily for use in fueling system applications. This segment serves other energy markets, such as power reliability systems, as well as includes electronic devices for online monitoring of the power utility, hydroelectric, and telecommunication and data center infrastructure. The Distribution segment sells to and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors. It sells products produced by the Water Systems segment. The company sells its products to wholesale and retail distributors, specialty distributors, original equipment manufacturers, industrial and petroleum equipment distributors, and oil and utility companies through its employee sales force and independent manufacturing representatives. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Mueller Industries NYSE:MLI

$72.70 +0.09 (+0.12%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$72.76 +0.07 (+0.09%)

As of 06/18/2025 04:39 PM Eastern

Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; plumbing brass, valves, fittings, and gas assemblies; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. The Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; and insulated HVAC flexible duct systems. Mueller Industries, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.

Nordson NASDAQ:NDSN

$213.53 -0.59 (-0.28%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$213.59 +0.06 (+0.03%)

As of 06/18/2025 04:39 PM Eastern

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through three segments: Industrial Precision Solutions; Medical and Fluid Solutions; and Advanced Technology Solutions. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems used in packaged goods industries; components and systems used in the thermoplastic and biopolymer melt stream; precision agriculture spraying solutions; fluid components, such as nozzles, pumps, and filters; and product assembly systems for use in paper and paperboard converting applications, and manufacturing roll goods. It also offers automated and manual dispensing products and systems for cold materials, container coating, liquid finishing, and powder coating, as well as ultraviolet equipment used primarily in curing and drying operations. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment offers medical devices, including cannulas, catheters, and medical balloons; single-use plastic components; precision manual and semi-automated dispensers; minimally invasive interventional delivery devices; and plastic molded syringes, cartridges, tips, and fluid connection components. The Advanced Technology Solutions segment provides automated dispensing systems for the attachment, protection, and coating of fluids, as well as related gas plasma treatment systems for cleaning and conditioning surfaces; and bond testing and automated optical, acoustic microscopy, and x-ray inspection systems for use in semiconductor and printed circuit board industries. The company markets its products through direct sales force, as well as distributors and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

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