Company Analysis

Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA)

NYSE: MWA · Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade5.3
◀ Past 5.8● Present 5.1▶ Future 5.1

The grade of Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past5.830% of the headline
● Present5.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% 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?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-11-29.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-11-29) (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?

+6.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $801 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.7% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.7%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 11% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 33% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.4%top 17% 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 0.1% a year. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 27% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03, buying about $857 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 28% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 25% 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?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 20%: 20¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Mueller Water Products, Inc. earned about 20 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 17% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 9 in its family; net margin 13.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 13.4% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 4.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.43Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin13.4%top 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.7%top 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 15% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 15th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mcandrew, Paul (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-12, 9 months (bottom 10% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.6 years (bottom 13%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 21%; 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 charge11 in three years among 20 peoplebottom 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.6 yearsbottom 13% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 10% 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 9 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $432 million against debt of $450 million leaves -1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12% of revenue (top 50%); a gross margin of 36.1% (bottom 39%); research spending of 1.4% of revenue (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-1.0%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.0%top 50% of its family
  • gross margin36.1%bottom 39% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.4%bottom 31% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.7% a year over the last three filed years against 6.7% over all 10, slowing (top 39% of its family); the newest year grew 8.8% (top 17%); research spending grew -6.7% a year (bottom 6%); capital spending grew -4.7% a year (bottom 31%) (its annual reports). Mueller Water Products, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Water Flow Solutions at $825 million (58%), Water Management Solutions at $605 million (42%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.0 points a yeartop 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.8%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-6.7%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.7%bottom 31% 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
8.3/10

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

top 17% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.9% above the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $192 million against a prior three-year average of $93 million (top 6%); a net margin of 13.4% against 7.2% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.9%top 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+107%top 6% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+6.2 pointstop 17% 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 MWA · research, not advice