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MLI vs. FELE, DOV, ITT, PH, and PNR

Should you buy Mueller Industries stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Mueller Industries with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Mueller Industries include Franklin Electric (FELE), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Pentair (PNR).

How does Mueller Industries compare to Franklin Electric?

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mueller Industries pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 33.7% 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 and Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the broader market.

Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.35$765.19M$7.6416.57
Franklin Electric$2.13B2.02$147.09M$3.3229.30

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 6.91%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 25.97% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mueller Industries19.37% 25.97% 22.08%
Franklin Electric 6.91%14.86%9.81%

In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 1 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Franklin Electric and 4 mentions for Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.09 indicating that Mueller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mueller Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Franklin Electric
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $106.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.98%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mueller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Mueller Industries beats Franklin Electric on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mueller Industries compare to Dover?

Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dover pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Industries pays out 18.3% 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. Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Mueller Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Dover shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dover has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Dover and Dover both had 4 articles in the media. Dover's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that Dover is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dover
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mueller Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Dover's net margin of 13.30%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 25.97% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dover13.30% 18.01% 10.10%
Mueller Industries 19.37%25.97%22.08%

Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dover, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dover$8.09B3.46$1.09B$8.0225.93
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.35$765.19M$7.6416.57

Dover presently has a consensus price target of $237.36, indicating a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Dover's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dover is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dover
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Mueller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Dover beats Mueller Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mueller Industries compare to ITT?

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both large-cap industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, ITT had 20 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ITT and 4 mentions for Mueller Industries. ITT's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mueller Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ITT
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of ITT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 19.37% compared to ITT's net margin of 10.80%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 25.97% beat ITT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mueller Industries19.37% 25.97% 22.08%
ITT 10.80%16.83%8.61%

Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the broader market.

ITT has a consensus price target of $234.91, indicating a potential upside of 23.47%. Given ITT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ITT is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mueller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
ITT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Mueller Industries pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 27.2% 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 and ITT has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.35$765.19M$7.6416.57
ITT$3.94B4.32$488M$5.6733.55

Summary

Mueller Industries beats ITT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mueller Industries compare to Parker-Hannifin?

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 3 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 4 mentions for Mueller Industries. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mueller Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Parker-Hannifin
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parker-Hannifin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.35$765.19M$7.6416.57
Parker-Hannifin$19.85B5.24$3.53B$27.1130.43

Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the broader market.

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mueller Industries pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.5% 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 and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 16.58%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.97% beat Mueller Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mueller Industries19.37% 25.97% 22.08%
Parker-Hannifin 16.58%27.97%13.00%

Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $1,020.80, suggesting a potential upside of 23.73%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mueller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Mueller Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mueller Industries compare to Pentair?

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) are both large-cap industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Pentair has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Mueller Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mueller Industries and 2 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pentair
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Mueller Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Pentair presently has a consensus price target of $107.86, suggesting a potential upside of 51.35%. Given Pentair's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pentair
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Mueller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pentair pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Industries pays out 18.3% 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. Pentair has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Mueller Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Pentair. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pentair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pentair$4.18B2.76$653.80M$4.0817.47
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.35$765.19M$7.6416.57

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 19.37% compared to Pentair's net margin of 15.98%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 25.97% beat Pentair's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pentair15.98% 21.92% 12.21%
Mueller Industries 19.37%25.97%22.08%

92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pentair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mueller Industries beats Pentair on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MLI vs. The Competition

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MetricMueller IndustriesMETAL PROC&FABR IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.00B$2.95B$9.51B$23.28B
Dividend Yield1.09%2.16%3.52%4.09%
P/E Ratio16.5818.9025.2730.97
Price / Sales3.3511.365,231.8824.77
Price / Cash17.7531.7027.7219.43
Price / Book4.343.125.174.73
Net Income$765.19M$91.02M$794.25M$1.07B
7 Day Performance-5.01%6.24%1.69%1.50%
1 Month PerformanceN/AN/AN/A0.82%
1 Year Performance62.49%76.70%32.32%28.23%

Mueller Industries Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLI
Mueller Industries
2.9381 of 5 stars		$126.61
-1.5%		N/A+64.8%$14.00B$4.18B16.584,832
FELE
Franklin Electric
3.2558 of 5 stars		$98.28
flat		$106.00
+7.9%		+13.6%$4.34B$2.13B29.606,500
DOV
Dover
3.9848 of 5 stars		$210.10
+0.1%		$237.36
+13.0%		+18.9%$28.27B$8.09B26.2024,000
ITT
ITT
4.77 of 5 stars		$195.15
+0.1%		$234.91
+20.4%		+29.7%$17.43B$3.94B34.4211,600
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.7575 of 5 stars		$866.34
-0.1%		$1,022.30
+18.0%		+27.2%$109.43B$19.85B31.9657,950

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