Mueller Water Products - MWA Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mueller Water Products in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MWA shares.
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2 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Mueller Water Products' stock. Their MWA share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $13.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.2%.
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Mueller Water Products' stock was trading at $10.76 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MWA shares have increased by 30.0% and is now trading at $13.99.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) posted its earnings results on Friday, February, 3rd. The industrial products company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $314.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $288.85 million. Mueller Water Products had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.97% and a net margin of 6.18%. Mueller Water Products's quarterly revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.13 earnings per share.

Mueller Water Products declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 27th. Investors of record on Friday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.061 per share on Tuesday, February 21st. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 9th.
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Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.87%. 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 47.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MWA will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.58% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Mueller Water Products issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.32 billion-$1.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.33 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 Pendal Group Ltd (0.22%), Bfsg LLC (0.14%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.07%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.06%), Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Bernard G Rethore, Jerry W Kolb, 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 $13.99.

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) has a market capitalization of $2.19 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $76.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.51 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.