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Mueller Water Products, Inc. MWA
Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.00% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $1.4B at a 13.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.5 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | Barclays | Underweight (init) |
| 2026-05-07 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform (main) |
| 2026-02-09 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (reit) |
| 2026-02-06 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform (main) |
| 2025-02-06 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral (main) |
| 2025-02-06 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.402 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.095 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.142 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.145 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MWA | Mueller Water Products, Inc. | 7/9 | 4.48 | 21.8 | +8.7% |
| CXT | Crane NXT, Co. | 4/9 | 2.23 | 19.3 | +11.4% |
| HLIO | HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 9/9 | 4.31 | 61.8 | +4.1% |
| CR | Crane Co | 4/9 | 6.83 | 34.5 | +8.2% |
| WTS | WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC | 6/9 | 6.92 | 33.2 | +8.3% |
| ZKIN | ZK International Group Co., Ltd. | 4/9 | -1.15 | — | -34.2% |
| AIOS | AIOS Tech Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | -98.5% |
About Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Mueller Water Products, Inc. manufactures and markets products and services for the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water used by municipalities, and the residential and non-residential construction industries in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Water Flow Solutions and Water Management Solutions. The Water Flow Solutions segment provides valves for water systems, such as iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, knife, plug, and ball valves, which are used to control distribution and transmission of potable water and non-potable water, as well as in water transmission or distribution, water treatment facilities, or industrial applications. It also offers service brass products. The Water Management Solutions segment offers dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants for water infrastructure development; fire protection systems, and water infrastructure repair and replacement projects; pipe repair products, such as couplings, grips, and clamps used to repair leaks; residential, fire protection, and commercial water metering products and systems; water leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services; machines and tools for tapping, drilling, extracting, installing, and stopping-off; gas valve products for use in gas distribution systems; and intelligent water solutions, including pressure control valves, advanced pressure management, network analytics, event management, and date logging. It sells its products under the Canada Valve, Centurion, Ez-Max, Hydro Gate, Hydro-Guard, HYMAX, HYMAX VERSA, Jones, Krausz, Milliken, Mueller Systems, Mueller, Pratt, Pratt Industrial, Repamax, Repaflex, Singer, Echologics, Echoshore, ePulse, Hersey, LeakFinderRT, Sentryx, and U.S. Pipe Valve and Hydrant brands. Mueller Water Products, Inc. was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
FAQ
Is MWA financially healthy?
Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does MWA pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Mueller Water Products, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 1.00% with a 21.9% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is MWA?
In FY2025, Mueller Water Products, Inc. had a net margin of 13.4% and a return on equity of 19.5%.
Is MWA overvalued or undervalued?
Mueller Water Products, Inc. trades at about 21.5× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.5×–46.3×, median 29.2×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for MWA?
The average Wall-Street price target for Mueller Water Products, Inc. is $31.00, about 18.5% above the recent price, from 6 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is MWA a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Mueller Water Products, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 21.8×, a dividend yield of 1.00%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-09-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.