Mueller Water Products (MWA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mueller Water Products in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MWA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MWA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Mueller Water Products' shares. Their MWA share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $13.57 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%.
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Mueller Water Products' stock was trading at $10.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MWA shares have increased by 29.2% and is now trading at $13.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $332.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $332.45 million. Mueller Water Products had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.69% and a net margin of 5.90%. Mueller Water Products's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.15 EPS.

Mueller Water Products declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.061 per share on Monday, May 22nd. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 9th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) stock in their portfolio include First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR), SPDR S&P Kensho Intelligent Structures ETF (SIMS), Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW), Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO) and WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS).

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.77%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 48.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MWA will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.38% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Mueller Water Products updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.32 billion-$1.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.35 billion.

14 employees have rated Mueller Water Products Chief Executive Officer Scott Hall on Glassdoor.com. Scott Hall has an approval rating of 33% among the company's employees. This puts Scott Hall in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Mueller Water Products' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nuance Investments LLC (8.67%), BlackRock Inc. (8.22%), Brown Advisory Inc. (4.04%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.44%), Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. (2.81%) and State Street Corp (2.22%). Insiders that own company stock include Bernard G Rethore, Lydia W Thomas, Marietta Edmunds Zakas, Michael S Nancarrow, Michael T Tokarz, Shirley C Franklin, Steven S Heinrichs, Suzanne G Smith, Thomas J Hansen and Todd P Helms.
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One share of MWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.90.

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion and generates $1.25 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $76.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,600 workers across the globe.

Mueller Water Products' mailing address is 1200 Abernathy Road N.E.Suite 1200, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The official website for the company is www.muellerwaterproducts.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (770) 206-4200, via email at investorrelations@muellerwp.com, or via fax at 770-206-4235.