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Mueller Water Products, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Mueller Water Products, Inc. had return on equity of 21.4% and a net margin of 13.4%. 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 year2009Sept 20092010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−69.8%−4.7%−3.9%−10.6%3.6%4.7%3.9%8.0%14.9%11.5%6.6%7.5%6.3%6.1%6.7%8.8%13.4%15.0%
Return on equity—−10.7%−9.7%−35.5%14.6%16.4%8.6%16.3%27.2%20.1%11.1%11.7%10.5%11.2%12.4%15.2%21.4%21.1%
Return on assets—−2.9%−2.5%−8.0%3.2%4.3%2.4%5.1%9.7%8.3%4.9%5.3%4.8%5.1%5.7%7.4%11.0%11.7%
Effective tax rate————19.9%24.5%———−10.3%22.3%23.5%25.8%22.3%21.6%29.1%24.6%21.5%
R&D as % of revenue——1.0%1.2%1.3%1.2%1.5%1.2%1.5%1.3%1.5%1.6%1.5%2.0%2.0%1.6%1.4%—
SG&A as % of revenue16.7%19.7%19.9%19.9%19.1%18.6%18.5%18.7%18.8%18.2%18.9%20.6%19.7%19.1%19.0%18.7%17.3%16.9%
Dividends ÷ net income————27.0%20.2%38.8%25.2%19.5%28.5%50.2%46.0%49.4%47.7%44.6%34.4%21.9%19.5%

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

6 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.0bn
Short-term assets $1.1bnLonger-term assets $823m
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.0bn
Short-term liabilities $244mLonger-term liabilities $589mShareholders' equity $1.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $244m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $589m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $495m of cash against $453m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 40% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 64% to 40% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $238m of operating cash flow against $453m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $287m against $18m of interest.

From Mueller Water Products, 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 Water Products'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 14 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 11.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 33.4%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.1%; its worst year was 8.7%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 6.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 1.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% 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 Water Products, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Mueller Water Products, Inc.