MLI vs. FELE, AIT, DCI, DOV, ITT, KMT, PH, SXI, TEX, and TKR
Should you be buying Mueller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mueller Industries include Franklin Electric (FELE), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Kennametal (KMT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Standex International (SXI), Terex (TEX), and Timken (TKR).
Mueller Industries vs. Its Competitors
Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Mueller Industries had 7 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mueller Industries and 3 mentions for Franklin Electric. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Franklin Electric's score of 1.07 indicating that Mueller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Mueller Industries pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% 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. Mueller Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Mueller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mueller Industries currently has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.20%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.16%. Given Mueller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by company 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 Industries has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mueller Industries has a net margin of 15.92% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 23.17% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
Summary
Mueller Industries beats Franklin Electric on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:MLI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
