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How Mueller Water Products, Inc. stacks up
MWA · against 544 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
94/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #36 of 545 · scores higher than 92% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score70 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including MWA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 94?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 88% of peers. Operating margin: 19.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 88% of peers. Return on invested capital: 21.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 95% of peers. Return on assets: 11.4% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MWA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MWA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 523 reported | 21.1% | 9.3% | 83% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 549 reported | 19.4% | 9.4% | 83% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 515 reported | 11.4% | 4.2% | 95% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 512 reported | 21.7% | 10.5% | 86% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 553 reported | 38.1% | 28.5% | 74% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MWAScores 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