Mueller Water Products, Inc.
MWA NYSE· Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$22.46
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Mueller Water Products, Inc. had $1.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +8.2% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 18.2%, up 4.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 18 is left after running the business.
- Mueller Water Products, Inc. made $192M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 13.5% a year.
- Free cash flow was $172M in fiscal 2025, 12.0% of revenue.
- Mueller Water Products, Inc. returned $56.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 33% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.
- Mueller Water Products, Inc. owes $20.1M more than it holds in cash, about 0.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue
$1.4B
Net income
$192M
Free cash flow
$172M
Operating margin
18.2%
Mueller Water Products, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.7%
Yes. Sales grew 8.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
13.4%
Yes. It keeps 13.4% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
12.0%
Yes. 12.0% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
0.1x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
7 / 9
Solid. It passes 7 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
15.8x
One share costs 15.8 times its yearly profit per share.
What Mueller Water Products, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 19, 2025
- Legal name
- Mueller Water Products, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001350593
Mueller Water Products, Inc. · MWA
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.4B |
| Revenue growth | 15.2% | 12.3% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 8.7% |
| Net interest income | −$23.4M | −$16.9M | −$14.7M | −$12.7M | −$6.6M |
| Gross margin | 32.3% | 29.2% | 29.7% | 34.9% | 36.1% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 8.9% | 10.0% | 13.8% | 18.2% |
| Net income | $70.4M | $76.6M | $85.5M | $116M | $192M |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% | 13.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.44 | $0.48 | $0.55 | $0.74 | $1.22 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $157M | $52.3M | $109M | $239M | $219M |
| Capital expenditure | $62.7M | $54.7M | $47.6M | $47.4M | $47.3M |
| Free cash flow | $94.0M | −$2.4M | $61.4M | $191M | $172M |
| FCF margin | 8.5% | −0.2% | 4.8% | 14.6% | 12.0% |
| Dividends paid | $34.8M | $36.5M | $38.1M | $39.9M | $41.9M |
| Share buybacks | $10.0M | $35.0M | $10.0M | $10.0M | $15.0M |
| Share count change | 0.4% | −0.8% | −0.8% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $228M | $147M | $160M | $310M | $432M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $452M | $452M | $447M | $450M | $452M |
| Shareholders' equity | $695M | $669M | $712M | $810M | $982M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2x | 1.8x | 1.5x | 0.6x | 0.1x |
| Current ratio | 3.0x | 2.8x | 3.2x | 3.3x | 3.5x |
| Interest coverage | 5.5x | 6.3x | 6.9x | 8.5x | 13.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 10.6% | 8.9% | 10.0% | 13.6% | 19.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.5% | 11.2% | 12.4% | 15.2% | 21.4% |
| Return on tangible equity | 37.6% | 36.6% | 30.1% | 27.6% | 32.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.9M
2 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$4.8M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
86%
$4.2M
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.
Mueller Water Products, Inc. · MWA
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $22.46 a share, the company is worth $3.5B: 15.8 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001350593). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.