Mueller Water Products (MWA) Competitors

Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lincoln Electric pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 21.4% 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. Lincoln Electric has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Mueller Water Products has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Lincoln Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lincoln 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Lincoln Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Water Products. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the broader market.

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 14.17% compared to Lincoln Electric's net margin of 12.38%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 39.33% beat Mueller Water Products' return on equity.

Lincoln Electric presently has a consensus target price of $299.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.82%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Given Mueller Water Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.

In the previous week, Lincoln Electric had 4 more articles in the media than Mueller Water Products. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lincoln Electric and 2 mentions for Mueller Water Products. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.49 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Mueller Water Products pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 25.9% 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. Mueller Water Products has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Dover has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Mueller Water Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the broader market.

Mueller Water Products currently has a consensus target price of $31.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.91%. Dover has a consensus target price of $239.85, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Given Mueller Water Products' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Dover.

Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Water Products. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dover, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 14.17% compared to Dover's net margin of 13.30%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 22.11% beat Dover's return on equity.

In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 1 more articles in the media than Dover. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 1 mentions for Dover. Dover's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.49 indicating that Dover is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

In the previous week, Mueller Water Products and Mueller Water Products both had 2 articles in the media. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.49 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the broader market.

Mueller Water Products presently has a consensus target price of $31.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.91%. Graco has a consensus target price of $94.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.21%. Given Graco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.

Graco has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Water Products. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mueller Water Products pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 38.4% 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. Mueller Water Products has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Graco has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Graco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Graco 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.

Graco has a net margin of 22.96% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 14.17%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 22.11% beat Graco's return on equity.

ITT currently has a consensus target price of $234.91, indicating a potential upside of 20.04%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Given ITT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ITT is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.

ITT has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the broader market.

ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ITT pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 21.4% 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. ITT has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Mueller Water Products has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Mueller Water Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of ITT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by company 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.

ITT has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Water Products. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 14.17% compared to ITT's net margin of 10.80%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 22.11% beat ITT's return on equity.

In the previous week, ITT had 8 more articles in the media than Mueller Water Products. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ITT and 2 mentions for Mueller Water Products. ITT's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.49 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the media.