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Mueller Industries MLI Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.2B+19.3%
Gross profit$358.4M+31.8%
Operating income$312.2M+51.4%
Net income$239.0M+51.8%
EPS (diluted)$2.16+55.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.4B+64.8%
Total debt$22.8M-30.7%
Total equity$3.3B+25.1%
Total assets$3.9B+22.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$79.7M-29.8%
CapEx$17.2M+3.9%
Free cash flow$62.5M-35.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.19B+45.3%
Enterprise value$13.83B+42.8%
P/E17.9×+1.2×
P/S3.5×+0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin29.7%+2.3pp
Operating margin24.4%+4.1pp
Net margin19.4%+3.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity28.2%+3.7pp
Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio5.4×+1.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Mueller Industries’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Mueller Industries’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Mueller Industries's return on invested capital?
Mueller Industries (MLI) reported return on invested capital of 42% in Q1 2026.
How has Mueller Industries's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Mueller Industries's return on invested capital increased by 3.6% year-over-year, from 40.5% to 42%.
What is the long-term trend for Mueller Industries's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Mueller Industries's return on invested capital has grown at a 16.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.4% to 40%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.