Company Analysis

Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI)

NYSE: MLI · Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals · Collierville, TN · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade7.7
◀ Past 7.4● Present 8.2▶ Future 7.2

The grade of Mueller Industries, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.7/10
◀ Past7.430% of the headline
● Present8.240% of the headline
▶ Future7.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.2%top 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 34% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 9% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak14.1%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.5% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, Mueller Industries, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 20% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

8.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 24%: 24¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 14%: owes 14¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 88th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, Mueller Industries, Inc. earned about 24 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 14 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 5% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 28 in its family; net margin 18.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s standing among 28 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 18.3% ranks in the top 2%; revenue growth of 1.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.18Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin18.3%top 2% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.6%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 23% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2009.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Christopher, Gregory L. (Chairman of the Board & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2009-08-03, 17.3 years (top 16% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 17.5 years (top 7%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 11 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed17.5 yearstop 7% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record17.3 yearstop 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
9.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 7% of 27 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.4 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 36.6% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.4% of revenue (top 9%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets36.6%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.4%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.6% a year over the last three filed years against 8.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 27% of its family); the newest year grew 10.9% (top 48%); capital spending grew 22.4% a year (top 30%) (its annual reports). Mueller Industries, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Piping Systems at $2.7 billion (64%), Industrial Metals at $1.0 billion (24%), Climate at $497 million (12%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.6 points a yearbottom 27% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.9%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending22.4%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 39% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mueller Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 14% above the $3.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 48% of its family); net income of $765 million against a prior three-year average of $622 million (top 31%); a net margin of 18.3% against 16.7% before (top 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace14.0%bottom 48% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%top 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.6 pointstop 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MLI · research, not advice