Both in Materials Manufacturing
Mueller Industries vs Watts Water Technologies
Over the past year MLI returned +3.1% and WTS returned +27.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.15.
MLI +3.1% WTS +27.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | MLI | WTS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $54.56 | $347.60 |
| Market cap | $11.89B | $11.60B |
| Today | −2.19% | −0.94% |
| 1 month | −11.0% | −3.3% |
| 6 months | −18.0% | +18.4% |
| Year to date | −4.9% | +25.9% |
| 1 year | +4.2% | +27.3% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +31.6% | +18.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 49.0% |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 15.5% |
| P/E (TTM) | 13.8× | 30.2× |
| Price / sales | 2.4× | 4.3× |
| Net cash | $1.48B | $239.9M |
| Dividend yield | 1.28% | 0.72% |
| Volatility (60d) | 30.6% | 24.2% |
| Short % of float | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).