In the past week, MLI stock has gone down by -2.59%, with a monthly decline of -4.92% and a quarterly plunge of -5.12%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.57%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.32% for Mueller Industries, Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.75% for MLI’s stock, with a -3.27% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Mueller Industries, Inc (NYSE: MLI) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Mueller Industries, Inc (NYSE: MLI) is above average at 13.74x. The 36-month beta value for MLI is also noteworthy at 1.03. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 0 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for MLI is 106.81M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.92% of that float. The average trading volume of MLI on June 13, 2025 was 867.70K shares.
MLI) stock’s latest price update
Mueller Industries, Inc (NYSE: MLI)’s stock price has gone decline by -1.34 in comparison to its previous close of 76.44, however, the company has experienced a -2.59% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-07 that This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields slightly over 4%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 9%.
Analysts’ Opinion of MLI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MLI stocks, with Northcoast repeating the rating for MLI by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for MLI in the upcoming period, according to Northcoast is $105 based on the research report published on December 11, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Boenning & Scattergood gave a rating of “Outperform” to MLI, setting the target price at $55 in the report published on December 14th of the previous year.
MLI Trading at 0.29% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MLI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -22.10% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MLI starting from HANSEN JOHN B, who proposed sale 3,130 shares at the price of $77.82 back on May 12 ’25. After this action, HANSEN JOHN B now owns shares of Mueller Industries, Inc, valued at $243,589 using the latest closing price.
Sigloch Steffen, the Chief Manufacturing Officer of Mueller Industries, Inc, sale 19,584 shares at $77.67 during a trade that took place back on May 12 ’25, which means that Sigloch Steffen is holding 139,960 shares at $1,521,128 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MLI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.2 for the present operating margin
- 0.27 for the gross margin
The net margin for Mueller Industries, Inc stands at 0.16. The total capital return value is set at 0.29. Equity return is now at value 24.51, with 20.37 for asset returns.
Based on Mueller Industries, Inc (MLI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 17.8. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2478.83.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 874.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.89. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.93. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.09for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.21. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.29.
Conclusion
In summary, Mueller Industries, Inc (MLI) has had a bad performance as of late. Analysts have bullish opinions on the stock, with some viewing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
