MLI vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, NDSN, and ITT
Should you be buying Mueller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mueller Industries include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), Nordson (NDSN), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Mueller Industries vs. Its Competitors
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Mueller Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mueller Industries and 3 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Mueller Industries' score of 1.18 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand received 545 more outperform votes than Mueller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave Mueller Industries an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Industries pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mueller Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mueller Industries has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 22.97% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Mueller Industries has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.99%. Given Mueller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
Summary
Mueller Industries beats Ingersoll Rand on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MLI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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