MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA) vs X-Energy, Inc. (XE)

MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS and X-Energy, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS and X-Energy, Inc. are of similar size ($3.9B and $3.7B). MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has the higher net margin (15.0% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.7% vs −33.3%). Across the 12 metrics below, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS leads on 8 and X-Energy, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric MWA XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 17.15 — 25.64
P/S 2.59 18.03 2.81
P/B 3.42 1.21 2.99
Price to free cash flow 23.75 n/m 23.82
EV/EBITDA 11.24 n/m 15.15
EV/Sales 2.56 6.37 2.77
Earnings yield 5.83% — 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 4.21% (14.56%) 3.67%

Profitability

Metric MWA XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 37.86% 100.00% 35.46%
Operating margin 19.42% (174.75%) 10.04%
Net margin 15.02% 0.00% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 12.23% (262.42%) 9.04%
Return on equity 21.68% — 10.73%
Return on assets 12.06% 0.00% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 16.66% (33.28%) 5.00%

Growth

Metric MWA XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.88% — 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 64.86% — 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.20% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 21.63% — 6.58%

Health

Metric MWA XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.40 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 4.64 17.20 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 — 1.32

Dividend

Metric MWA XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.14% — 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.20 — 0.31

Size

Metric MWA XE Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 3.85b 3.66b 2.19b

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