Mueller Water Products (MWA) Competitors $22.94 +0.07 (+0.31%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends MWA vs. GGG, NDSN, SWK, ITT, LECO, WWD, RBC, MLI, CR, and GTLSShould you be buying Mueller Water Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mueller Water Products include Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), ITT (ITT), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Woodward (WWD), RBC Bearings (RBC), Mueller Industries (MLI), Crane (CR), and Chart Industries (GTLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry. Mueller Water Products vs. Graco Nordson Stanley Black & Decker ITT Lincoln Electric Woodward RBC Bearings Mueller Industries Crane Chart Industries Graco (NYSE:GGG) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment. Is GGG or MWA a better dividend stock? Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Graco pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 37.0% 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 GGG or MWA more profitable? Graco has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 8.82%. Graco's return on equity of 21.24% beat Mueller Water Products' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Graco22.87% 21.24% 17.74% Mueller Water Products 8.82%19.38%9.54% Do analysts recommend GGG or MWA? Graco presently has a consensus target price of $92.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.08%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $22.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.23%. Given Graco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Graco is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Graco 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Mueller Water Products 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.17 Do insiders & institutionals believe in GGG or MWA? 93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned 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. Which has better valuation & earnings, GGG or MWA? Graco has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Water Products. Graco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mueller Water Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGraco$2.13B6.71$506.51M$2.8329.93Mueller Water Products$1.31B2.73$115.90M$0.7331.42 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GGG or MWA? Mueller Water Products received 59 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Graco an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGracoOutperform Votes38960.69% Underperform Votes25239.31% Mueller Water ProductsOutperform Votes44866.57% Underperform Votes22533.43% Which has more risk and volatility, GGG or MWA? Graco has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor GGG or MWA? In the previous week, Graco had 6 more articles in the media than Mueller Water Products. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Graco and 5 mentions for Mueller Water Products. Graco's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.91 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Graco 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Mueller Water Products 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryGraco beats Mueller Water Products on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 MWA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMueller Water Productsfabricated metal products IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.58B$9.17B$9.23B$19.19BDividend Yield1.10%2.36%2.07%3.57%P/E Ratio31.4216.0321.0841.22Price / Sales2.731.694.8517.59Price / Cash17.4929.0219.2621.28Price / Book4.412.504.245.32Net Income$115.90M$340.85M$398.18M$989.67M7 Day Performance-5.60%-6.11%-4.64%-3.45%1 Month Performance-8.13%-7.41%-1.86%-3.74%1 Year Performance61.66%62.80%15.47%12.06% Mueller Water Products Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MWAMueller Water Products4.2496 of 5 stars$22.94+0.3%$22.20-3.2%+61.9%$3.58B$1.31B31.423,400GGGGraco3.8256 of 5 stars$87.72-0.2%$89.25+1.7%-0.3%$14.81B$2.13B31.074,000Analyst UpgradePositive NewsNDSNNordson4.7237 of 5 stars$225.36-0.5%$279.00+23.8%-17.8%$12.89B$2.69B27.927,900Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionSWKStanley Black & Decker4.8315 of 5 stars$83.28+0.6%$102.29+22.8%-14.7%$12.84B$15.38B-60.4450,500Analyst UpgradeNews CoverageITTITT4.3738 of 5 stars$152.03+0.9%$166.75+9.7%+24.1%$12.39B$3.53B25.7210,600Analyst DowngradeLECOLincoln Electric3.7412 of 5 stars$202.58-0.6%$225.17+11.1%-11.5%$11.43B$4.05B24.3212,000Analyst RevisionWWDWoodward4.7771 of 5 stars$174.68-0.2%$187.44+7.3%+25.0%$10.33B$3.32B29.199,300Analyst RevisionRBCRBC Bearings1.784 of 5 stars$326.67-0.3%$324.67-0.6%+11.5%$10.26B$1.56B47.825,302Positive NewsMLIMueller Industries4.0237 of 5 stars$83.93+1.8%$105.00+25.1%+74.1%$9.55B$3.58B16.024,509Positive NewsCRCrane3.3375 of 5 stars$164.44-0.3%$167.00+1.6%+35.8%$9.41B$2.28B36.3411,000GTLSChart Industries2.6575 of 5 stars$203.99+3.1%$181.42-11.1%+42.2%$8.73B$4.07B58.5111,637Analyst ForecastGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Graco Alternatives Nordson Alternatives Stanley Black & Decker Alternatives ITT Alternatives Lincoln Electric Alternatives Woodward Alternatives RBC Bearings Alternatives Mueller Industries Alternatives Crane Alternatives Chart Industries Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:MWA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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