Mueller Industries
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
19.35
Price/Sales ratio
1.37
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$4.75

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
19.0917.5722.9023.7812.7317.5513.966.994.998.6115.1812.73
Price/Sales ratio
0.820.731.110.890.530.720.810.860.821.512.540.53
Price/Book Value ratio
2.541.862.543.892.422.752.502.681.832.223.322.42
Price/Cash Flow ratio
21.409.6714.4746.277.928.837.9410.514.547.7113.097.92
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
37.7011.8018.99-953.1610.2710.469.6811.714.798.3814.8010.27
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.46-1.221.78-1.610.56-16.140.370.020.12-1.032.120.56
Dividend Yield
0.86%1.09%0.92%9.67%1.70%1.25%1.14%0.88%1.69%1.28%1.00%1.25%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
13.55%13.82%16.15%14.36%14.25%16.25%18.00%22.02%28.06%28.85%27.27%14.25%
Operating Profit Margin
6.51%6.53%7.42%6.70%6.89%7.87%10.25%17.39%22.02%22.10%20.56%6.89%
Pretax Profit Margin
6.26%6.27%7.10%5.60%5.99%6.83%8.72%17.00%21.99%24.71%22.92%5.99%
Net Profit Margin
4.29%4.18%4.85%3.77%4.16%4.15%5.81%12.42%16.53%17.62%16.39%4.16%
Effective Tax Rate
30.72%32.91%32.96%29.83%20.57%21.22%26.44%25.86%25.49%26.11%25.09%20.57%
Return on Assets
7.64%6.56%6.88%6.48%7.62%7.36%9.12%27.09%29.35%21.84%18.29%7.62%
Return On Equity
13.32%10.62%11.09%16.39%19.04%15.69%17.95%38.33%36.75%25.79%23.49%19.04%
Return on Capital Employed
14.12%12.15%12.43%14.09%15.21%16.83%20.67%48.70%46.30%30.95%26.16%15.21%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
3.95N/A4.083.053.012.962.43N/AN/AN/A4.863.01
Quick Ratio
2.872.672.971.691.601.711.501.533.115.233.841.60
Cash ratio
1.471.311.600.490.310.410.350.221.323.692.440.31
Days of Sales Outstanding
42.4643.7245.5039.4239.7940.5354.4145.6934.8637.5151.0739.79
Days of Inventory outstanding
45.8248.2851.2561.6755.9752.3758.4753.4357.1957.0356.1555.97
Operating Cycle
88.2992.0096.76101.1095.7792.91112.8999.1292.0594.54107.2295.77
Days of Payables Outstanding
17.9917.7521.8519.2717.6115.3527.4222.4516.3018.0725.7417.61
Cash Conversion Cycle
70.2974.2474.9181.8278.1677.5585.4676.6775.7476.4781.4878.16
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.180.160.150.350.360.280.210.000.000.000.000.28
Debt Equity Ratio
0.310.260.250.890.900.600.420.000.000.000.000.60
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.210.190.190.460.470.370.260.000.000.000.000.37
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.240.200.200.470.470.370.290.000.000.000.000.37
Interest Coverage Ratio
26.82N/A21.417.736.867.4511.59N/AN/AN/A701.996.86
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.370.730.690.090.330.510.74166.24356.79685.79718.880.33
Company Equity Multiplier
1.741.611.612.522.492.131.961.411.251.181.192.13
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.030.070.070.010.060.080.100.080.180.190.190.06
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.560.810.76-0.040.770.840.820.890.940.910.900.77
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.370.730.690.090.330.510.74166.24356.79685.79718.880.33
Short Term Coverage Ratio
2.5013.5711.552.6623.6426.635.93384.34892.65845.18733.6123.64
Dividend Payout Ratio
16.56%19.23%21.28%230.08%21.73%22.11%16.01%6.21%8.47%11.09%14.24%22.11%