Crane NXT, Co. (CXT) vs MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA)

Crane NXT, Co. and MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS is the larger, with a market value of $3.4B against $2.7B — 1.2× the size. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS trades at the lower P/E: 15.1× against 19.6×. Crane NXT, Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.3% against 5.88%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has the higher net margin (15.0% vs 7.78%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.7% vs 6.35%). Both pay a dividend; MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS yields more (1.78% vs 0.71%). Across the 23 metrics below, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS leads on 15 and Crane NXT, Co. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CXT MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 19.56 15.13 29.62
P/S 1.52 2.29 2.77
P/B 2.17 3.02 3.04
Price to free cash flow 11.98 20.95 23.81
EV/EBITDA 10.47 9.90 16.05
EV/Sales 2.20 2.26 2.94
Earnings yield 5.11% 6.61% 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 8.35% 4.77% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric CXT MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.12% 37.86% 35.90%
Operating margin 14.01% 19.42% 11.22%
Net margin 7.78% 15.02% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 12.71% 12.23% 9.51%
Return on equity 11.49% 21.68% 11.10%
Return on assets 4.31% 12.06% 4.63%
Return on invested capital 6.35% 16.66% 5.37%

Growth

Metric CXT MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.28% 5.88% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.63%) 64.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (10.82%) 8.20% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.33%) 21.63% 5.04%

Health

Metric CXT MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 1.15 0.40 0.35
Current ratio 1.42 4.64 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.56 0.07 1.32

Dividend

Metric CXT MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.71% 1.78% 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.50 0.17

Size

Metric CXT MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 2.71b 3.35b 1.97b

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