
Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
30% above intrinsic value ($93)
Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) — VMCI valuation read
Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) carries a VMCI composite of 65/100, 15 points above the Industrials sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places MLI in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).
The MLI insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.
**Investor frame.** Value reads MLI trades at 16.0x earnings, 11% below the Industrials median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Industrials 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 18.0% sits 8.0pp above the Industrials median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of -1.9x leaves covenant headroom, the line to track on Mueller Industries, Inc.'s next 10-Q.
MLI fell 2.2% over the trailing 7 days, with a -1.8% read on a 30-day basis.
Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples; PEX plumbing and radiant systems; and plumbing-related fittings and plastic injection tooling. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; plumbing brass, valves, and fittings; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. The Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; insulated HVAC flexible duct systems; and brazed manifolds, headers, and distributor assemblies. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.
Related Stocks in Industrials
Top peers ranked by VM Score. Compare valuation, quality, and risk metrics across the sector.
- 5929.T - Sanwa Holdings Corporation
- 6139.TW - L&K Engineering Co., Ltd.
- 086280.KS - Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd.
- 009540.KS - Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd.
- 6448.T - Brother Industries, Ltd.
- 8060.T - Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
- 2404.TW - United Integrated Services Co., Ltd.
- 6532.T - BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.