Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI – Get Free Report) and GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Mueller Industries and GrafTech International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mueller Industries | $3.77 billion | 3.51 | $604.88 million | $6.70 | 17.80 |
| GrafTech International | $538.78 million | 0.81 | -$131.16 million | ($7.90) | -2.15 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Mueller Industries and GrafTech International, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mueller Industries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| GrafTech International | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 |
GrafTech International has a consensus price target of $14.25, indicating a potential downside of 16.13%. Given GrafTech International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GrafTech International is more favorable than Mueller Industries.
Profitability
This table compares Mueller Industries and GrafTech International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mueller Industries | 18.10% | 25.02% | 21.04% |
| GrafTech International | -39.13% | N/A | -11.72% |
Risk & Volatility
Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GrafTech International has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of GrafTech International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Mueller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of GrafTech International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mueller Industries beats GrafTech International on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mueller Industries
Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; plumbing brass, valves, fittings, and gas assemblies; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. The Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; and insulated HVAC flexible duct systems. Mueller Industries, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.
About GrafTech International
GrafTech International Ltd. research, develops, manufactures, and sells graphite and carbon-based solutions worldwide. The company offers graphite electrodes to produce electric arc furnace steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals; and petroleum needle coke, a crystalline form of carbon used in the production of graphite electrodes and synthetic graphite. It sells its products primarily through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors. GrafTech International Ltd. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio.
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