Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

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Hold

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Mueller Industries, Inc. ?

Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 28.98%

Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 33.79%
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.15 times

Positive results in Jun 25

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 7.28
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -7.03% (YoY)

With ROE of 24.03%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 3.88 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 35.59%, its profits have risen by 17.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.9

Market Beating Performance

The stock has generated a return of 35.59% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (S&P 500) returns of 14.11%

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Mueller Industries, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Industrial Manufacturing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Mueller Industries, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Mueller Industries, Inc.

35.87%

3.74

28.78%

S&P 500

14.9%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

11.75%

EBIT Growth (5y)

29.35%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

100.00

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

0.15

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.33

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.39

Tax Ratio

24.66%

Dividend Payout Ratio

14.58%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

97.80%

ROCE (avg)

53.21%

ROE (avg)

28.98%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

4.61

EV to EBIT

15.25

EV to EBITDA

14.14

EV to Capital Employed

7.33

EV to Sales

3.21

PEG Ratio

0.70

Dividend Yield

0.42%

ROCE (Latest)

48.09%

ROE (Latest)

23.93%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 755.44 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 18.12%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 9.03

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 2,706.95 MM

-2What is not working for the Company

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.27% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 19.89 %

Here's what is working for Mueller Industries, Inc.

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 9.03 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 755.44 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 18.12% and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Cash and Eqv

Highest at USD 2,706.95 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Here's what is not working for Mueller Industries, Inc.

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at 19.89 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 5.27% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales