MWA vs. FELE, GGG, ITT, WTS, WWD, LECO, NDSN, IEX, RBC, and SWK
Should you be buying MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS include Franklin Electric (FELE), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Nordson (NDSN), IDEX (IEX), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK).
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (NYSE:MWA) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.
Franklin Electric presently has a consensus price target of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.63%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has a consensus price target of $28.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.82%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS pays out 28.7% 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. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years and MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS had 8 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS and 3 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS's score of 1.48 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has a net margin of 10.67% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.71%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS's return on equity of 20.89% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
Summary
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS beats Franklin Electric on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MWA) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
