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How Mueller Industries, Inc. stacks up
MLI · against 288 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
99/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #3 of 289 · scores higher than 98% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score55 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including MLI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 99?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 92% of peers. Operating margin: 23.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 39.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 100% of peers. Return on assets: 20.0% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MLI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MLI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 269 reported | 39.1% | 11.2% | 96% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 288 reported | 23.0% | 11.8% | 90% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 279 reported | 20.0% | 5.2% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 277 reported | 26.3% | 14.3% | 83% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 292 reported | 28.8% | 29.6% | 47% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MLI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 3 | 11.2B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 3 | 12.3B USD | 99 | 83 | |
| 3 | 7.2B EUR (≈$7.9B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 8 | 210.0B TWD (≈$6.5B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 8 | 116.2B CNY (≈$16.3B) | 98 | 71 | |
| 8 | 82.6B NOK (≈$7.8B) | 98 | 74 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score