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Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) vs Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB)

Mueller Industries, Inc. and Proto Labs, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Mueller Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.4B against $1.5B — 7.6× the size. Mueller Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.2× against 43.3×. Mueller Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.8% against 11.8%. Mueller Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.3% vs 6.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (32.5% vs 4.82%). Across the 22 metrics below, Mueller Industries, Inc. leads on 17 and Proto Labs, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric MLI PRLB Metal Fabrication median
P/E 13.24 43.34 18.21
P/S 2.28 2.62 1.14
P/B 3.22 2.17 1.75
Price to free cash flow 16.54 30.46 24.69
EV/EBITDA 8.65 18.37 14.24
EV/Sales 1.99 2.37 1.83
Earnings yield 7.55% 2.31% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 6.04% 3.28% 2.06%

Profitability

Metric MLI PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 27.25% 45.21% 21.63%
Operating margin 21.51% 7.32% 4.86%
Net margin 17.27% 6.04% 4.13%
Free cash flow margin 13.79% 8.61% 3.13%
Return on equity 26.02% 5.13% 0.67%
Return on assets 21.61% 4.48% 1.56%
Return on invested capital 32.53% 4.82% 2.90%

Growth

Metric MLI PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.83% 11.79% 11.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 29.19% 33.33% 31.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.75% 4.18% 5.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 40.55% (16.03%) 0.00%

Health

Metric MLI PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 4.39 3.65 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA (1.35) (2.17) 1.67

Dividend

Metric MLI PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield 1.24% — 1.24%
Payout ratio 0.17 — 0.15

Size

Metric MLI PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 11.43b 1.50b 1.07b

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