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$137.35 -0.04 (-0.03%)
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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?

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

Franklin Electric presently has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.73%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

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

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Mueller Industries 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.

Franklin Electric 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, Franklin Electric had 1 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Franklin Electric and 1 mentions for Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Franklin Electric's score of -0.25 indicating that Mueller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Franklin Electric6.91% 14.86% 9.81%
Mueller Industries 19.37%25.97%22.08%

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
Franklin Electric$2.13B2.16$147.09M$3.3231.39
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.63$765.19M$7.6417.98

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Franklin Electric pays out 33.7% 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. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Mueller Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

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

How does Mueller Industries compare to Dover?

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

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

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Mueller Industries pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 25.9% 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.63$765.19M$7.6417.98
Dover$8.09B3.72$1.09B$8.0227.89

In the previous week, Dover had 3 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Dover and 1 mentions for Mueller Industries. Dover's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Dover is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Mueller Industries19.37% 25.97% 22.08%
Dover 13.30%18.01%10.10%

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dover has a consensus target price of $239.85, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Given Dover's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dover 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
Dover
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Summary

Dover beats Mueller Industries on 12 of the 19 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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$4.18B3.63$765.19M$7.6417.98
ITT$3.94B4.46$488M$5.6734.68

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

ITT has a consensus price target of $234.91, indicating a potential upside of 19.45%. 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

In the previous week, ITT had 9 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ITT and 1 mentions for Mueller Industries. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.00 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ITT
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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%

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $8.00 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. 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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$4.18B3.63$765.19M$7.6417.98
Parker-Hannifin$19.85B6.06$3.53B$27.1135.20

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments 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 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 $1,021.05, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 7 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 1 mentions for Mueller Industries. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.00 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Parker-Hannifin
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Mueller Industries on 14 of the 20 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

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

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%

Pentair currently has a consensus price target of $107.86, suggesting a potential upside of 44.83%. Given Pentair's higher probable 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

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$4.18B2.88$653.80M$4.0818.25
Mueller Industries$4.18B3.63$765.19M$7.6417.98

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 1.0%. 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.

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

In the previous week, Pentair and Pentair both had 1 articles in the media. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Mueller Industries beats Pentair on 12 of the 18 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$15.19B$3.04B$9.64B$23.21B
Dividend Yield1.02%2.14%3.55%4.06%
P/E Ratio17.9819.7625.9231.61
Price / Sales3.6314.394,969.0322.84
Price / Cash18.9728.9027.8518.67
Price / Book4.713.184.694.69
Net Income$765.19M$91.76M$792.16M$1.08B
7 Day Performance-0.38%-0.25%1.53%-0.82%
1 Month Performance2.90%12.44%1.57%1.07%
1 Year Performance87.30%77.68%26.20%25.02%

Mueller Industries Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLI
Mueller Industries
2.1605 of 5 stars		$137.35
0.0%		N/A+87.3%$15.19B$4.18B17.984,832
FELE
Franklin Electric
2.7647 of 5 stars		$103.50
-0.1%		$106.00
+2.4%		+22.7%$4.58B$2.13B31.176,500
DOV
Dover
3.4055 of 5 stars		$220.83
+1.6%		$239.85
+8.6%		+28.0%$29.28B$8.09B27.5324,000
ITT
ITT
4.6685 of 5 stars		$195.49
+3.4%		$234.91
+20.2%		+30.4%$16.91B$3.94B34.4811,600
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3533 of 5 stars		$919.22
+1.7%		$1,021.05
+11.1%		+46.4%$113.92B$19.85B33.9157,950

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