Mueller Industries, Inc.

MLI Industrials Metal Fabrication

Mueller Industries, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.2 billion, up 10.9% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+31.6%
EPS
+6.81%
Free cash flow
+1.90%
Total debt
+379.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

53.47 1.03 +1.96%
Market cap
$11.4B
P/E
13.2×
Fwd P/E
13.4×
Dividend yield
1.24%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
19.20
Beneish M
−2.47
Dividend safety
88/100

Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) Return on invested capital

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Mueller Industries, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 32.5%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (32.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.7% (fiscal 2017) to 48.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Metal Fabrication industry median of 2.90% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 32.5% 4.88
FY2024 27.6% (15.76)
FY2023 43.3% (4.88)
FY2022 48.2% 13.20
FY2021 35.0% 19.80
FY2020 15.2% 2.62
FY2019 12.6% 1.64
FY2018 11.0% 0.25
FY2017 10.7% (1.18)
FY2016 11.9% 1.17

Against its own ten years

Low 10.7% High 48.2%
Ten-year median 15.2%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MLI Mueller Industries, Inc. 32.5%
CRS Carpenter Technology Corporation compare 17.2%
ATI ATI Inc. compare 14.6%
CMC Commercial Metals Company compare 7.45%
PRLB Proto Labs, Inc. compare 4.82%
ESAB ESAB Corporation compare 4.58%
WOR Worthington Enterprises, Inc. compare 3.85%
RYZ Ryerson Holding Corporation compare 1.95%
GPGI CompoSecure, Inc. compare −1.62%
Metal Fabrication industry median 2.90%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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