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.

21.77 0.12 +0.55%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
15.2×
Fwd P/E
17.8×
Dividend yield
1.29%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.39
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
89/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.86
Total sells 4.84
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — 1 1 — — 1 — 1 — — 1
Sell — 2 — 1 1 — 1 — — 3 2 —
Insider Ownership 0.84%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,380.00
Revenue 1,479.30
Net Income 222.20
Free Cash Flow 180.90
Net Debt (42.40)
Current Ratio 4.64 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.40 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 15.22
Fwd P/E 17.80
P/S ratio 2.30
P/B ratio 3.04
Past 5Y EPS Growth 22.08% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 19.54% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 0.26%
Next Y revenue growth 3.17%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.30%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 10.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 63.10%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 32.33%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 48.43%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 10.53%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.20
Annual Dividend Rate 0.28
Annual Dividend Yield 1.29%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.29
0.07
0.07
0.07
2025 0.27
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
2024 0.26
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.07
2023 0.25
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2022 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2021 0.22
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
2020 0.21
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.06
2019 0.21
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2018 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2017 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
2016 0.11
0.02
0.03
0.03
0.03
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 160 310 432 495
Receivables 217 209 212 203
Inventory 298 302 329 380
Other 32 38 57 52
707 858 1,029 1,130
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 103 110 134 131
ST’ Debt 1 1 1 2
Other 115 147 155 111
219 258 290 244

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.07% 8.20% 4.65%
Cash Flow 14.21% 9.34% 61.25%
Earnings 20.02% 21.63% 35.77%
Book Value 10.32% 8.91% 13.62%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 318 384 396 — —
’25 304 364 380 381 1,430
’24 256 353 357 348 1,315
’23 315 333 327 301 1,276
’22 272 311 333 331 1,247
’21 237 268 311 296 1,111
’20 213 258 229 265 964
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 61 (13) 106 — —
’25 54 14 67 84 219
’24 68 (6) 87 89 239
’23 (6) (16) 75 57 109
’22 20 (19) 20 32 52
’21 34 29 60 33 157
’20 (12) 9 81 63 140
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 44 (27) 95 — —
’25 42 5 56 69 172
’24 62 (16) 75 70 192
’23 (11) (26) 63 42 67
’22 9 (34) 9 14 (2)
’21 19 14 45 17 95
’20 (27) (13) 67 46 73
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 0.27 0.38 0.43 — —
’25 0.22 0.33 0.33 0.33 1.22
’24 0.09 0.28 0.30 0.06 0.74
’23 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.11 0.55
’22 0.12 0.15 0.17 0.05 0.48
’21 0.11 0.13 0.09 0.12 0.44
’20 0.06 0.15 0.07 0.17 0.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
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
High 14.20 14.02 12.83 12.26 12.71 17.37 14.60 16.62 26.28 28.58
People
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
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

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%

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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.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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