Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) vs MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA)

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. and MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.3B against $3.4B — 1.3× the size. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS trades at the lower P/E: 15.1× against 27.7×. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.38% against 5.88%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has the higher net margin (15.0% vs 7.02%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.7% vs 11.2%). Both pay a dividend; MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS yields more (1.78% vs 0.91%). Across the 23 metrics below, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS leads on 16 and Franklin Electric Co., Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric FELE MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 27.73 15.13 29.62
P/S 1.94 2.29 2.77
P/B 3.04 3.02 3.04
Price to free cash flow 19.35 20.95 23.81
EV/EBITDA 12.86 9.90 16.05
EV/Sales 2.01 2.26 2.94
Earnings yield 3.61% 6.61% 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 5.17% 4.77% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric FELE MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 35.52% 37.86% 35.90%
Operating margin 12.59% 19.42% 11.22%
Net margin 7.02% 15.02% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 10.03% 12.23% 9.51%
Return on equity 11.62% 21.68% 11.10%
Return on assets 7.45% 12.06% 4.63%
Return on invested capital 11.19% 16.66% 5.37%

Growth

Metric FELE MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.38% 5.88% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.58%) 64.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.31% 8.20% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.98% 21.63% 5.04%

Health

Metric FELE MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.40 0.35
Current ratio 2.41 4.64 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.20 0.07 1.32

Dividend

Metric FELE MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.91% 1.78% 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.50 0.17

Size

Metric FELE MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 4.28b 3.35b 1.97b

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