MWA PEER ANALYSIS

Mueller Water Products — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

MWAMueller Water Products

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Industrial Machinery

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

MWAIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	MWA	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
P/E	19.24●	—	55.48	24.44	29.74	—	33.12
P/B	3.73	29.70	2.24	3.94	5.20	1.16●	3.90
EV/EBITDA	11.96	217.34	14.33	11.50●	17.68	—	17.55
P/S	2.73	47.56	1.34●	1.86	3.52	4.60	3.20

Financial Health
Metric	MWA	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	4.57●	2.10	1.64	1.11	1.38	4.41	1.87
Debt/Equity	42.2%	44.7%	80.8%	12.4%●	40.6%	—	48.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.09	1.74	3.22	-0.16●	0.94	—	1.63

Profitability
Metric	MWA	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	14.2%●	-14.2%	2.4%	7.6%	11.8%	-128.6%	9.6%
ROE	21.3%●	-9.7%	4.1%	16.7%	18.3%	-27.9%	12.9%
ROA	11.7%●	-6.2%	1.6%	7.1%	8.6%	-22.4%	6.0%
EBITDA Margin	23.0%●	22.1%	12.0%	16.0%	21.0%	—	19.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	MWA	OZATD	ATS	G1A	ALFA	NEL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	6.6%	23.4%●	17.4%	1.3%	0.9%	-24.7%	3.5%
NI Growth	44.1%●	—	—	7.9%	6.2%	—	0.8%
Div. Yield	1.1%	0.0%	—	2.1%●	1.6%	—	1.1%
Payout	20.6%	0.0%	—	44.6%	42.9%	—	28.0%

Valuation
Metric	MWA	SXI	KAI	MIR	FELE	CXT	Ind. Median
P/E	19.24●	38.97	35.80	164.83	31.31	23.23	33.12
P/B	3.73	5.11	3.72	2.25●	3.52	2.43	3.90
EV/EBITDA	11.96●	18.63	18.16	24.73	17.14	14.41	17.55
P/S	2.73	4.36	3.38	4.22	2.16	1.76●	3.20

Financial Health
Metric	MWA	SXI	KAI	MIR	FELE	CXT	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	4.57●	3.05	2.47	3.19	2.67	1.33	1.87
Debt/Equity	42.2%	69.2%	36.5%	67.1%	21.7%●	122.9%	48.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.09●	1.82	1.13	4.13	0.72	4.32	1.63

Profitability
Metric	MWA	SXI	KAI	MIR	FELE	CXT	Ind. Median
Net Margin	14.2%●	11.2%	9.4%	2.6%	6.9%	7.6%	9.6%
ROE	21.3%●	13.7%	11.1%	1.5%	11.4%	11.1%	12.9%
ROA	11.7%●	6.4%	6.6%	0.8%	7.7%	4.3%	6.0%
EBITDA Margin	23.0%	25.9%●	19.9%	20.5%	13.2%	17.4%	19.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	MWA	SXI	KAI	MIR	FELE	CXT	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	6.6%	18.3%●	4.9%	12.7%	8.0%	14.0%	3.5%
NI Growth	44.1%	63.5%●	-6.8%	—	-15.6%	-22.7%	0.8%
Div. Yield	1.1%	0.4%	0.5%	—	1.0%	1.3%●	1.1%
Payout	20.6%	16.1%	16.4%	—	32.8%	30.5%	28.0%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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