Mueller Water Products (MWA) Competitors

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is MWA or PNR more profitable?

Pentair has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 10.05%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 21.18% beat Pentair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mueller Water Products	10.05%	21.18%	10.62%
Pentair	15.32%	20.94%	11.05%

Which has more risk & volatility, MWA or PNR?

Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MWA or PNR?

In the previous week, Pentair had 23 more articles in the media than Mueller Water Products. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Pentair and 8 mentions for Mueller Water Products. Mueller Water Products' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Pentair's score of 1.35 indicating that Mueller Water Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mueller Water Products	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pentair	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MWA or PNR?

Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than Mueller Water Products. Pentair 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Water Products	$1.36B	2.85	$115.90M	$0.86	28.87
Pentair	$4.08B	3.34	$625.40M	$3.74	22.12

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MWA or PNR?

Pentair received 213 more outperform votes than Mueller Water Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.27% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 57.43% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mueller Water Products	Outperform Votes 448 66.27%	Underperform Votes 228 33.73%
Pentair	Outperform Votes 661 57.43%	Underperform Votes 490 42.57%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MWA or PNR?

91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer MWA or PNR?

Mueller Water Products presently has a consensus price target of $25.80, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Pentair has a consensus price target of $110.87, suggesting a potential upside of 33.99%. Given Pentair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mueller Water Products	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Pentair	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Is MWA or PNR a better dividend stock?

Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mueller Water Products pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 26.7% 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. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Pentair beats Mueller Water Products on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.