Mueller Industries (MLI) Competitors $83.36 -2.01 (-2.35%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$83.34 -0.02 (-0.02%) As of 08/1/2025 07:41 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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MLI vs. FELE, AIT, DCI, DOV, ITT, KMT, PH, SXI, TEX, and TKRShould 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 Franklin Electric Applied Industrial Technologies Donaldson Dover ITT Kennametal Parker-Hannifin Standex International Terex Timken Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations. Is MLI or FELE more profitable? Mueller Industries has a net margin of 17.48% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.71%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 24.47% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Mueller Industries17.48% 24.47% 20.63% Franklin Electric 8.71%14.05%9.47% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MLI or FELE? 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Mueller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric 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. Do analysts prefer MLI or FELE? Mueller Industries currently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.96%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.87%. Given Mueller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Franklin Electric.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) 3.00Franklin Electric 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the media favor MLI or FELE? In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 13 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Franklin Electric and 22 mentions for Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.52 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 17 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Franklin Electric 5 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 14 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MLI or FELE? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMueller Industries$4.06B2.27$604.88M$6.3013.23Franklin Electric$2.06B2.06$180.31M$3.8724.07 Is MLI or FELE a better dividend stock? 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 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% 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 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. Which has more risk and volatility, MLI or FELE? Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryMueller Industries beats Franklin Electric on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Mueller Industries News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MLI 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 MLI 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 MLI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMueller IndustriesMETAL PROC&FABR IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$9.23B$2.27B$7.60B$20.63BDividend Yield1.14%3.09%4.56%3.67%P/E Ratio13.2323.0724.9029.01Price / Sales2.2710.3298.6366.07Price / Cash14.7512.5927.7622.82Price / Book3.142.194.314.43Net Income$604.88M$107.10M$792.92M$993.74M7 Day Performance-6.03%-3.31%-1.95%-3.39%1 Month Performance0.22%5.94%2.26%-2.10%1 Year Performance24.47%27.55%29.52%10.09% Mueller Industries Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MLIMueller Industries3.9453 of 5 stars$83.36-2.4%$105.00+26.0%+21.4%$9.23B$4.06B13.235,168Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementFELEFranklin Electric4.7359 of 5 stars$93.39+0.5%$94.00+0.7%-9.0%$4.24B$2.02B24.456,300Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionAITApplied Industrial Technologies3.807 of 5 stars$274.42+0.8%$285.00+3.9%+28.3%$10.36B$4.48B27.556,500Positive NewsDCIDonaldson3.7334 of 5 stars$72.03+0.1%$70.00-2.8%-3.7%$8.38B$3.59B24.1714,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementDOVDover4.7781 of 5 stars$184.91-0.9%$213.92+15.7%-2.3%$25.57B$7.75B11.1524,000Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionITTITT4.2121 of 5 stars$162.38+0.5%$173.25+6.7%+17.8%$12.71B$3.63B25.8211,700Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap DownKMTKennametal2.2479 of 5 stars$25.31-0.2%$25.40+0.4%-3.4%$1.93B$2.05B18.218,447News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementGap DownPHParker-Hannifin4.6556 of 5 stars$739.31+0.1%$739.59+0.0%+33.2%$94.40B$19.93B28.4761,120Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap DownSXIStandex International4.1151 of 5 stars$165.69-0.4%$223.33+34.8%+0.4%$2.01B$748.25M32.753,700News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap UpTEXTerex4.3685 of 5 stars$51.59-1.4%$51.44-0.3%-16.6%$3.47B$5.13B14.0611,400Trending NewsEarnings ReportTKRTimken4.051 of 5 stars$81.73+0.1%$79.90-2.2%-13.1%$5.71B$4.57B17.6119,000News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Franklin Electric Alternatives Applied Industrial Technologies Alternatives Donaldson Alternatives Dover Alternatives ITT Alternatives Kennametal Alternatives Parker-Hannifin Alternatives Standex International Alternatives Terex Alternatives Timken 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:MLI) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Elon put $51 million into thisA single U.S. company has started producing a “miracle metal” once locked in research labs. Now? They’re qu...True Market Insiders | SponsoredIs Elon's empire crumbling?The Tesla Shock Nobody Sees Coming While headlines scream "Tesla is doomed"... Jeff Brown has uncovered ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredBuffett to put 90% of his money in this one stock?CPA and CFA says you have WAY too many stocks - just buy these 3 After years working at the biggest accoun...Altimetry | SponsoredMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. Now, this same guy says a new comp...The Oxford Club | SponsoredWhy 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 | SponsoredJeff Bezos Launches "ChatGPT Killer"?Amazon just launched Nova—its secretive new AI system designed to rival ChatGPT. Bezos says he now spends 95% ...Stansberry Research | SponsoredAlien rocks potentially worth trillions…It might look like just a weird rock—but it’s tied to a discovery 60 Minutes says could be worth up to $16 tri...Porter & Company | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added ten stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Mueller Industries, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share Mueller Industries With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
