TriMas (TRS) Competitors

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) and TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MWA or TRS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Water Products	$1.31B	2.80	$115.90M	$0.73	32.27
TriMas	$893.55M	1.12	$40.36M	$0.64	38.44

Which has more volatility & risk, MWA or TRS?

Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriMas has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MWA or TRS?

Mueller Water Products received 233 more outperform votes than TriMas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mueller Water Products	Outperform Votes 448 66.57%	Underperform Votes 225 33.43%
TriMas	Outperform Votes 215 54.57%	Underperform Votes 179 45.43%

Do analysts rate MWA or TRS?

Mueller Water Products currently has a consensus price target of $22.20, indicating a potential downside of 5.77%. TriMas has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.60%. Given TriMas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriMas is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mueller Water Products	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer MWA or TRS?

In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 5 more articles in the media than TriMas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 2 mentions for TriMas. Mueller Water Products' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat TriMas' score of 0.00 indicating that Mueller Water Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mueller Water Products	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TriMas	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MWA or TRS a better dividend stock?

Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TriMas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Mueller Water Products pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriMas pays out 25.0% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MWA or TRS?

91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of TriMas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of TriMas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MWA or TRS more profitable?

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 8.82% compared to TriMas' net margin of 2.93%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 19.38% beat TriMas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mueller Water Products	8.82%	19.38%	9.54%
TriMas	2.93%	9.21%	4.59%

Summary

Mueller Water Products beats TriMas on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.