Mueller Water Products (MWA) Competitors $25.12 +0.37 (+1.47%) Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$24.66 -0.45 (-1.79%) As of 07/25/2025 05:14 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock MWA vs. FELE, LECO, ITT, WTS, WWD, GGG, IEX, RBC, NDSN, and SWKShould you be buying Mueller Water Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mueller Water Products include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), RBC Bearings (RBC), Nordson (NDSN), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). Mueller Water Products vs. Its Competitors Franklin Electric Lincoln Electric ITT Watts Water Technologies Woodward Graco IDEX RBC Bearings Nordson Stanley Black & Decker Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FELE or MWA? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFranklin Electric$2.02B2.10$180.31M$3.8224.32Mueller Water Products$1.31B2.99$115.90M$0.9127.60 Do analysts prefer FELE or MWA? Franklin Electric presently has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.52%. Given Mueller Water Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Franklin Electric.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Franklin Electric 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Mueller Water Products 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FELE or MWA? 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by company 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. Is FELE or MWA more profitable? Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 10.48% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 21.31% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72% Mueller Water Products 10.48%21.31%10.86% Is FELE or MWA a better dividend stock? 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 1.1%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 29.7% 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 increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Mueller Water Products has increased 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. Does the media prefer FELE or MWA? In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 15 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 2 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 1.52 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Franklin Electric 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Mueller Water Products 15 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has more risk & volatility, FELE or MWA? Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryMueller Water Products beats Franklin Electric on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Mueller Water Products News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MWA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MWA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MWA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMueller Water ProductsSTEEL IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.88B$5.02B$7.87B$21.05BDividend Yield1.08%2.94%4.55%3.59%P/E Ratio27.6018.4725.6928.45Price / Sales2.991.68101.4671.70Price / Cash17.8214.0827.9222.92Price / Book4.833.354.464.68Net Income$115.90M$371.23M$795.63M$995.51M7 Day Performance-0.30%2.69%1.43%1.65%1 Month Performance3.46%4.31%5.66%4.54%1 Year Performance21.36%24.05%32.03%10.00% Mueller Water Products Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MWAMueller Water Products4.4955 of 5 stars$25.12+1.5%$26.25+4.5%+23.2%$3.88B$1.31B27.603,400Positive NewsFELEFranklin Electric4.3584 of 5 stars$90.32-0.6%$94.00+4.1%-10.5%$4.14B$2.02B23.646,300Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsLECOLincoln Electric3.8459 of 5 stars$218.22-1.7%$222.60+2.0%+10.3%$12.18B$4.01B26.9112,000News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementITTITT4.5976 of 5 stars$156.80-1.5%$173.25+10.5%+16.3%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsWTSWatts Water Technologies3.8014 of 5 stars$248.72-1.0%$234.20-5.8%+25.1%$8.30B$2.25B28.494,800Positive NewsWWDWoodward4.5258 of 5 stars$254.15-1.7%$232.25-8.6%+43.4%$15.34B$3.36B41.069,300Dividend AnnouncementGGGGraco4.462 of 5 stars$86.25-0.6%$93.00+7.8%+0.9%$14.51B$2.11B30.784,300Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionIEXIDEX4.6684 of 5 stars$180.90-1.4%$218.13+20.6%-8.7%$13.66B$3.27B28.679,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsRBCRBC Bearings2.7805 of 5 stars$392.26-1.3%$421.17+7.4%+35.1%$12.32B$1.64B51.145,334Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsNDSNNordson4.6763 of 5 stars$214.30-1.3%$254.86+18.9%-8.2%$12.11B$2.69B27.558,000Positive NewsSWKStanley Black & Decker4.9464 of 5 stars$69.56-0.8%$92.10+32.4%-17.4%$10.76B$15.24B28.8648,500News CoverageUpcoming EarningsDividend IncreaseAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Franklin Electric Alternatives Lincoln Electric Alternatives ITT Alternatives Watts Water Technologies Alternatives Woodward Alternatives Graco Alternatives IDEX Alternatives RBC Bearings Alternatives Nordson Alternatives Stanley Black & Decker Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MWA) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDAInvesting Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla an...InvestorPlace | SponsoredForget Nvidia, This “Ghost Town” Company Holds the Key to the AI BoomCold War Discovery Could Unlock $100 Trillion in Wealth Jeff recently traveled to an American ghost town to...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThe Robotics Revolution has arrived … and one $7 stock could take off as a result.Something big is brewing in Washington. 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