Mueller Industries (MLI) Competitors

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MLI or XYL?

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MLI or XYL a better dividend stock?

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mueller Industries pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 42.1% 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. Xylem has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Xylem is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MLI or XYL?

Xylem received 333 more outperform votes than Mueller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.19% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 61.78% of users gave Mueller Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mueller Industries	Outperform Votes 194 61.78%	Underperform Votes 120 38.22%
Xylem	Outperform Votes 527 63.19%	Underperform Votes 307 36.81%

Which has more risk and volatility, MLI or XYL?

Mueller Industries has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MLI or XYL more profitable?

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 16.39% compared to Xylem's net margin of 9.85%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 23.25% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mueller Industries	16.39%	23.25%	19.67%
Xylem	9.85%	9.61%	6.22%

Does the media refer more to MLI or XYL?

In the previous week, Xylem had 3 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Xylem and 2 mentions for Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Xylem's score of 0.56 indicating that Mueller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mueller Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xylem	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, MLI or XYL?

Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, 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 Industries	$3.42B	2.67	$602.90M	$5.15	15.57
Xylem	$8.42B	3.38	$609M	$3.42	34.25

Do analysts recommend MLI or XYL?

Mueller Industries presently has a consensus price target of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.96%. Xylem has a consensus price target of $152.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.93%. Given Mueller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Xylem.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mueller Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Xylem	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Xylem beats Mueller Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.