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Mueller Industries Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Mueller Industries Inc had return on equity of 25.6%, an operating margin of 22.9%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 5.92. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin———————16.2%14.4%14.3%16.3%18.0%——————
Operating margin2.1%6.6%5.8%5.8%12.6%6.5%6.5%7.5%6.7%6.9%7.9%10.3%17.4%22.0%22.1%20.4%22.9%21.5%
Net margin0.3%4.2%3.6%3.8%8.0%4.3%4.2%4.9%3.8%4.2%4.2%5.8%12.4%16.5%17.6%16.0%18.3%17.3%
Free-cash-flow margin4.1%1.8%5.6%2.4%4.0%2.2%6.2%5.9%−0.1%5.2%7.0%8.4%7.4%17.2%18.1%15.0%16.4%13.8%
Return on equity0.7%11.5%10.5%12.1%28.5%13.9%11.1%11.6%12.0%19.5%16.9%19.6%46.9%43.7%29.2%23.7%25.6%25.7%
Return on assets0.4%7.1%6.6%6.7%14.7%7.9%6.6%7.2%6.2%7.8%7.4%9.6%28.8%33.2%24.1%20.0%21.8%21.5%
Asset turnover1.311.691.861.791.841.841.571.481.641.861.771.652.312.011.371.251.191.25
Current ratio4.414.684.812.893.993.953.824.083.053.022.962.432.664.416.435.065.924.39
Debt to equity25.6%24.1%23.1%46.3%33.5%31.7%26.1%25.4%89.3%90.7%60.1%42.2%0.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.2x11.7x12.1x18.4x67.9x26.8x17.9x20.9x7.7x6.9x7.5x12.8x85.1x—————
Effective tax rate76.9%28.2%33.1%30.5%36.1%30.7%32.9%33.0%29.8%20.6%21.2%26.4%25.9%25.5%26.1%25.0%24.4%24.7%
SG&A as % of revenue7.5%6.4%5.6%5.9%6.3%5.6%6.2%6.6%6.2%5.9%6.7%6.7%4.9%5.1%6.1%6.0%6.0%5.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.9%0.9%0.8%2.6%1.9%1.7%1.4%1.8%2.0%1.5%1.3%1.8%0.8%0.9%1.6%2.1%1.6%1.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%43.7%156.4%62.5%50.5%50.6%148.8%120.6%−2.5%123.9%167.8%144.2%59.7%104.3%102.6%93.5%89.7%79.9%
Dividends ÷ net income319.7%17.5%17.5%18.1%8.1%16.6%19.2%21.3%230.1%21.7%22.1%16.0%6.2%8.5%11.1%14.7%14.3%16.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow24.9%40.0%11.2%859.4%16.0%32.7%12.9%17.6%—43.5%14.2%13.9%12.1%13.7%13.9%24.4%51.4%60.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · September 26, 2026
What it owns · $4.3bn
Short-term assets $2.9bnLonger-term assets $1.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $4.3bn
Short-term liabilities $656mLonger-term liabilities $100mShareholders' equity $3.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.9bn of assets due within a year against $656m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.9bn short-term assets against $100m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $1.4bn of cash against $5m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 0% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 0% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $770m of operating cash flow against $5m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.1bn against $330,000 of interest.

From Mueller Industries Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

68 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Mueller Industries's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 16.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 4 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 17.1%, moving by 5.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 18.1%; its worst year was 6.2%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 11.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 2.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Mueller Industries Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 23, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Mueller Industries Inc.