MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA): Price and Financial Metrics

MWA POWR Grades

• MWA scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 75.51% of US stocks.
• MWA's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• MWA ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 30th percentile.

MWA Stock Summary

• Mueller Water Products Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 69.24% of US listed stocks.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 27.75, Mueller Water Products Inc P/E ratio is greater than that of about 68.87% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of Mueller Water Products Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 79.14% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Mueller Water Products Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be OSK, FLS, THR, EAST, and PGTI.
• Visit MWA's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.muellerwaterproducts.com.

MWA Valuation Summary

• MWA's price/sales ratio is 2.4; this is 33.33% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• MWA's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.4 over the prior 186 months.
• MWA's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.4 over the prior 186 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MWA.

MWA Growth Metrics

Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at -11.17%.
• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at -14.15%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 105.03%.

MWA's revenue has moved up $181,800,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows MWA's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,145.9	142.4	73.1
2021-09-30	1,111	156.7	70.4
2021-06-30	1,080.7	185.8	78.7
2021-03-31	998.7	206.5	75.5
2020-12-31	988.9	186.8	78.4
2020-09-30	964.1	140.3	72

MWA's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• MWA has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 65.71% of graded US stocks.
• MWA's asset turnover comes in at 0.757 -- ranking 36th of 60 Construction Materials stocks.
• WTS, SSD, and LCUT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MWA.

The table below shows MWA's key quality metrics over time.