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MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS
MWA Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.4 billion, up 8.75% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.10%, EPS grew 26.5%, free cash flow grew 70.9% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to September
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 7.52 | 10.84 | 8.47 | 8.85 | 6.64 | 11.77 | 9.90 | 10.74 | 13.49 | 21.35 |
Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack |
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| High | 14.20 | 14.02 | 12.83 | 12.26 | 12.71 | 17.37 | 14.60 | 16.62 | 26.28 | 28.58 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 3,900 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 3,100 | 3,100 | 3,400 | 3,600 | 3,200 | 3,400 | 3,500 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.41 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 801 | 826 | 916 | 968 | 964 | 1,111 | 1,247 | 1,276 | 1,315 | 1,430 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 33.59 | 32.43 | 31.65 | 33.15 | 34.04 | 32.27 | 29.20 | 29.75 | 34.91 | 36.14 | |||||
| EBT | 69 | 79 | 96 | 82 | 94 | 95 | 99 | 109 | 163 | 254 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 8.66 | 9.50 | 10.45 | 8.48 | 9.76 | 8.54 | 7.90 | 8.54 | 12.43 | 17.78 | |||||
| Net income | 64 | 123 | 106 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 116 | 192 | |||||
| Depreciation | 40 | 42 | 44 | 53 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 47 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 4.96 | 5.16 | 5.79 | 6.13 | 6.11 | 7.01 | 7.93 | 8.16 | 8.43 | 9.14 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.40 | 0.77 | 0.67 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.74 | 1.23 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.71 | 0.37 | 0.84 | 0.59 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.33 | 0.70 | 1.53 | 1.40 | |||||
| Capex | (0.19) | (0.25) | (0.30) | (0.53) | (0.43) | (0.39) | (0.35) | (0.27) | (0.30) | (0.30) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 0.52 | 0.12 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 0.60 | (0.02) | 0.43 | 1.23 | 1.10 | |||||
| Book value | 2.60 | 3.06 | 3.57 | 3.75 | 4.06 | 4.39 | 4.25 | 4.55 | 5.20 | 6.28 | |||||
| Shares, m | 161 | 160 | 158 | 158 | 158 | 158 | 157 | 156 | 156 | 156 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 31.38 | 16.71 | 16.97 | 27.41 | 22.59 | 33.82 | 20.96 | 22.87 | 29.73 | 20.58 | ||||
| P/S | 2.53 | 2.49 | 1.96 | 1.83 | 1.70 | 2.17 | 1.30 | 1.54 | 2.57 | 2.79 | |||||
| P/B | 4.83 | 4.21 | 3.18 | 2.99 | 2.56 | 3.47 | 2.42 | 2.76 | 4.18 | 4.07 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.89 | 2.64 | 2.07 | 2.11 | 1.95 | 2.37 | 1.54 | 1.77 | 2.68 | 2.81 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 27.78 | 110.63 | 22.26 | 249.18 | 25.80 | 27.77 | (87.53) | 47.54 | 20.47 | 26.27 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 115 | 59 | 133 | 93 | 140 | 157 | 52 | 109 | 239 | 219 | ||||
| Capex | (31) | (40) | (48) | (84) | (67) | (62) | (55) | (42) | (47) | (47) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 83 | 20 | 85 | 8 | 73 | 95 | (2) | 67 | 192 | 172 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 427 | 529 | 518 | 388 | 426 | 434 | 439 | 488 | 600 | 739 | ||||
| Total debt | 484 | 481 | 445 | 446 | 448 | 447 | 447 | 447 | 450 | 452 | |||||
| Net debt | 289 | 119 | 98 | 270 | 239 | 219 | 300 | 287 | 140 | 20 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 420 | 490 | 565 | 592 | 641 | 695 | 669 | 712 | 810 | 982 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 5.09 | 9.71 | 8.28 | 4.85 | 5.27 | 4.83 | 5.08 | 5.69 | 7.38 | 11.03 | ||||
| ROIC | 9.89 | 10.49 | 11.48 | 9.01 | 8.30 | 9.00 | 7.19 | 7.97 | 11.96 | 16.26 | |||||
| ROE | 16.23 | 27.13 | 20.03 | 11.03 | 11.68 | 10.54 | 11.23 | 12.38 | 15.23 | 21.40 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDD The Middleby Corporation | $4.9B | — (loss-making) | 18.9× | +9.88% (above 0%: growing) | −39.80% (below 0%: shrinking) | −544.63% (below 0%: shrinking) | 38.27% | 16.87% | Compare |
| CSW CSW Industrials, Inc. | $4.7B | 39.4× | 29.5× | +33.00% (above 0%: growing) | +25.51% (above 0%: growing) | +20.60% (above 0%: growing) | 44.88% | 22.77% | Compare |
| FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | $4.5B | 28.6× | 21.7× | +6.03% (above 0%: growing) | +12.12% (above 0%: growing) | +122.96% (above 0%: growing) | 37.02% | 15.03% | Compare |
| MIR Mirion Technologies, Inc. | $3.9B | 158× | 104× | +19.69% (above 0%: growing) | −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | +1,236.11% (above 0%: growing) | 49.89% | 6.71% | Compare |
| MWA MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS | $3.4B | 15.2× | 17.8× | +4.10% (above 0%: growing) | +26.47% (above 0%: growing) | +70.92% (above 0%: growing) | 39.35% | 20.36% | |
| SXI Standex International Corporation | $3.3B | 30.5× | 31.0× | +2.79% (above 0%: growing) | +38.21% (above 0%: growing) | +40.51% (above 0%: growing) | 42.69% | 16.45% | Compare |
| CXT Crane NXT, Co. | $3.1B | 22.5× | 11.3× | +21.96% (above 0%: growing) | +44.19% (above 0%: growing) | +32.44% (above 0%: growing) | 42.30% | 13.97% | Compare |
| KAI Kadant Inc | $3.1B | 28.4× | 29.4× | +22.57% (above 0%: growing) | +23.87% (above 0%: growing) | +15.90% (above 0%: growing) | 43.79% | 16.26% | Compare |
| SMR NuScale Power Corporation | $2.6B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −99.07% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −75.90% (below 0%: shrinking) | (202.67%) | (85,337.33%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $3.6B | 29.5× | 29.4× | +14.78% | +23.87% | +26.52% | 42.50% | 15.64% |
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA) key facts
- Strength: MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.4 billion, up 8.75% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $191.7 million, or $1.23 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.4%.
- MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, MWA traded at $21.77, a market capitalization of $3.4 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 15.2× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 10% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share, a yield of 1.29%, with a payout ratio of 19.9%.
- Return on equity was 21.4% and debt-to-equity 0.40.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.39 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.