Mueller Industries (MLI) Competitors

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

Is MLI or IR a better dividend stock?

Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Mueller Industries pays out 18.8% 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.

Is MLI or IR more profitable?

Mueller Industries has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 22.97% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mueller Industries	16.05%	22.97%	19.42%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Which has more volatility & risk, MLI or IR?

Mueller Industries has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MLI or IR?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MLI or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 543 more outperform votes than Mueller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave Mueller Industries an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mueller Industries	Outperform Votes 194 61.78%	Underperform Votes 120 38.22%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MLI or IR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Industries	$3.77B	2.16	$604.88M	$5.31	13.87
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.06	$838.60M	$2.06	35.33

Do analysts prefer MLI or IR?

Mueller Industries presently has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.58%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 37.89%. Given Mueller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

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
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the media refer more to MLI or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 7 more articles in the media than Mueller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 19 mentions for Mueller Industries. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.00 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	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingersoll Rand	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Mueller Industries and Ingersoll Rand tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.