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Mueller Industries (MLI) Competitors

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$87.82 -3.88 (-4.23%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

MLI vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, NDSN, SWK, and ITT

Should you be buying Mueller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mueller Industries include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Mueller Industries vs.

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

Ingersoll Rand received 532 more outperform votes than Mueller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.66% of users gave Mueller Industries an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mueller IndustriesOutperform Votes
193
61.66%
Underperform Votes
120
38.34%
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
725
61.49%
Underperform Votes
454
38.51%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Industries$3.42B2.89$602.90M$5.1516.85
Ingersoll Rand$7.16B5.89$778.70M$2.0550.99

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 16.39% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 23.25% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mueller Industries16.39% 23.25% 19.67%
Ingersoll Rand 11.72%13.01%7.77%

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 6 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 11 mentions for Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.62 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ingersoll Rand
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Mueller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $103.83, indicating a potential downside of 0.67%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Mueller Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mueller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Mueller Industries pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% 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.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Mueller Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MLI vs. The Competition

MetricMueller IndustriesRolling, drawing, & extruding of nonferrous metals IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.87B$12.13B$9.89B$20.14B
Dividend Yield0.88%1.52%2.03%3.50%
P/E Ratio16.8525.7422.8943.98
Price / Sales2.892.435.7317.68
Price / Cash15.9916.3420.3021.28
Price / Book3.643.964.154.71
Net Income$602.90M$278.34M$415.30M$985.54M
7 Day Performance-2.14%1.84%2.08%3.74%
1 Month Performance5.55%5.91%4.36%3.70%
1 Year Performance112.59%65.28%32.24%27.71%

Mueller Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLI
Mueller Industries
1.8673 of 5 stars
$87.82
-4.2%
N/A+115.1%$9.99B$3.42B17.054,509Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.0757 of 5 stars
$103.04
-0.1%
$103.83
+0.8%
+47.1%$41.53B$7.16B50.2618,000News Coverage
XYL
Xylem
4.7829 of 5 stars
$125.69
+2.3%
$149.64
+19.0%
+24.1%$30.54B$8.42B36.752,300Dividend Announcement
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.7997 of 5 stars
$202.46
+2.2%
$208.40
+2.9%
+47.7%$27.78B$8.44B18.1125,000
SNA
Snap-on
4.3811 of 5 stars
$361.40
+1.6%
$345.40
-4.4%
+33.2%$18.98B$4.73B18.572,700Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.5097 of 5 stars
$106.11
+1.9%
$105.13
-0.9%
+70.5%$17.53B$4.10B26.5310,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.2349 of 5 stars
$227.50
+2.0%
$241.14
+6.0%
+17.9%$17.23B$3.27B35.228,800Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.7874 of 5 stars
$89.60
+1.2%
$89.25
-0.4%
+12.8%$15.13B$2.20B31.664,000
NDSN
Nordson
4.4172 of 5 stars
$257.12
+1.8%
$299.00
+16.3%
+12.2%$14.70B$2.63B31.327,900Positive News
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.8078 of 5 stars
$87.67
+2.6%
$102.29
+16.7%
-0.5%$13.52B$15.78B-63.9950,500Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.1046 of 5 stars
$155.46
+2.1%
$161.88
+4.1%
+45.6%$12.67B$3.28B26.5310,600Analyst Revision

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