Mueller Water Products Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MWA)

Mueller Water Products trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MWA."

Mueller Water Products announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Friday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.052 per share on Tuesday, August 20th. This represents a $0.21 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 8th. View Mueller Water Products' Dividend History.

Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.04. The industrial products company earned $274.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $274.96 million. Mueller Water Products had a net margin of 5.09% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.19 EPS. View Mueller Water Products' Earnings History.

Mueller Water Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Mueller Water Products.

Mueller Water Products issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $980.12-980.12 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $981.63 million.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Mueller Water Products' stock. Their predictions range from $8.00 to $13.00. On average, they anticipate Mueller Water Products' share price to reach $11.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mueller Water Products.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mueller Water Products in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mueller Water Products.

Headlines about MWA stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mueller Water Products earned a news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Mueller Water Products.

Mueller Water Products saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,510,000 shares, a drop of 19.3% from the August 30th total of 3,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 761,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Mueller Water Products' Current Options Chain.

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Mueller Water Products' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fruth Investment Management (0.01%) and Clarus Wealth Advisors (0.01%). Company insiders that own Mueller Water Products stock include Arsdell Stephen C Van, Bernard G Rethore, Evan Hart, Gregory E Hyland, Gregory Rogowski, Hassan Ali, Lydia W Thomas, Marietta Edmunds Zakas, Michael S Nancarrow, Michael T Tokarz and Shirley C Franklin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mueller Water Products.

MWA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fruth Investment Management and Clarus Wealth Advisors. Company insiders that have bought Mueller Water Products stock in the last two years include Arsdell Stephen C Van and Bernard G Rethore. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mueller Water Products.

Shares of MWA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.21.

Mueller Water Products has a market capitalization of $1.76 billion and generates $916 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $105.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.53 on an earnings per share basis. Mueller Water Products employs 2,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mueller Water Products.

The official website for Mueller Water Products is http://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/.

Mueller Water Products' mailing address is 1200 Abernathy Road N.E.Suite 1200, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 770-206-4200 or via email at [email protected]