Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Asia, and Mexico. Its Piping Systems segment manufactures copper tubes and fittings, plastic fittings, line sets, and related components for water distribution system, heating system, air-conditioning, and refrigeration applications, as well as drainage, waste, and vent systems. It also manufactures steel pipe nipples; and resells imported brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings, faucets, and plumbing specialty products. This segment sells its products primarily to plumbing, refrigeration, and air-conditioning wholesalers; and hardware wholesalers and co-ops, building product retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through its sales offices and distribution centers, and agents. The company's Industrial Metals segment manufactures and sells brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; cold-formed aluminum and copper products for automotive, military ordnance, aerospace, and general manufacturing industries; brass and aluminum forgings for automotive components, brass fittings, industrial machinery, valve bodies, gear blanks, and computer hardware; and brass, aluminum, and stainless steel valves, as well as fluid control systems and gas train assembles for compressed gas, pharmaceutical, construction, and gas appliance markets. Its Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings, as well as tubular assemblies and fabrications for various OEMs in the commercial heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration markets; components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; and coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Rolling, drawing, & extruding of nonferrous metals
Sub-IndustryIndustrial Machinery
SectorIndustrial Products
SymbolNYSE:MLI
CUSIP62475610
Phone901-753-3200
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.87
Current Ratio3.58
Quick Ratio2.03
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio20.98
Forward P/E Ratio17.76
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$2.27 billion
Price / Sales0.77
Cash Flow$2.0721 per share
Price / Cash14.57
Book Value$9.27 per share
Price / Book3.26
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.49
Net Income$85.59 million
Net Margins3.42%
Return on Equity15.55%
Return on Assets6.35%
Miscellaneous
Employees4,125
Outstanding Shares57,560,000
