Mueller Industries
MLI NYSE· Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$54.37
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Mueller Industries had $4.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 10.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +11.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 22.9%, up 2.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 23 is left after running the business.
- Mueller Industries made $765M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 25.8% a year.
- Free cash flow was $687M in fiscal 2025, 16.4% of revenue.
- Mueller Industries returned $353M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 51% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.2%.
- Mueller Industries has $1.4B more cash than debt.
Market cap
$12.0B
P/E
—
Revenue
$4.2B
Net income
$765M
Free cash flow
$687M
Operating margin
22.9%
Mueller Industries in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+10.9%
Yes. Sales grew 10.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
18.3%
Yes. It keeps 18.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
16.4%
Yes. 16.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
What Mueller Industries does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 27, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 25, 2026
- Legal name
- MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC
- CIK
- 0000089439
Mueller Industries · MLI
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $3.8B | $4.0B | $3.4B | $3.8B | $4.2B |
| Revenue growth | 57.2% | 5.7% | −14.1% | 10.2% | 10.9% |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 20.4% | 22.9% |
| Net income | $469M | $658M | $603M | $605M | $765M |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 16.5% | 17.6% | 16.1% | 18.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $4.12 | $5.82 | $5.30 | $5.31 | $6.86 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $312M | $724M | $673M | $646M | $755M |
| Capital expenditure | $31.8M | $37.6M | $54.0M | $80.2M | $68.8M |
| Free cash flow | $280M | $686M | $619M | $566M | $687M |
| FCF margin | 7.4% | 17.2% | 18.1% | 15.0% | 16.4% |
| Dividends paid | $29.1M | $55.8M | $66.9M | $89.1M | $109M |
| Share buybacks | $4.9M | $38.1M | $19.3M | $48.7M | $244M |
| Share count change | 0.7% | −0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | −2.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $87.9M | $679M | $1.3B | $1.1B | $1.4B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.9M | $2.7M | $1.0M | $1.1M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.2B | $1.8B | $2.3B | $2.8B | $3.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | −0.7x | −1.6x | −1.3x | −1.4x |
| Current ratio | 2.7x | 4.4x | 6.4x | 5.1x | 5.9x |
| Interest coverage | 85.1x | 1,082.9x | 619.2x | 1,879.0x | 8,875.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 44.6% | 56.6% | 50.1% | 40.7% | 40.3% |
| Return on equity | 46.9% | 43.7% | 29.2% | 23.7% | 25.6% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 10.5 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 15.4 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$45.1M
4 insiders
Of sales under plans
1%
$0.4M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mueller Industries MLI | $12.0B | 10.9% | 22.9% | 16.4% | 40.3% | — | 6 |
| Pentair PNR | $9.0B | 2.3% | 20.5% | 17.9% | 14.0% | 13.5x | 9 |
| Fortive FTV | $19.0B | 1.9% | 17.3% | 23.5% | 5.7% | 36.4x | 5 |
| Lincoln Electric LECO | $14.3B | 5.6% | 17.0% | 12.6% | 24.5% | 25.8x | 7 |
| Valmont Industries VMI | $8.4B | 0.7% | 10.1% | 7.6% | 17.9% | 16.7x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $54.37 a share, the company is worth $12.0B.
Mueller Industries grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000089439). Data updated October 21, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.