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Mueller Water Products MWA Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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Badger MeterBMI
33.7%-2.9pp
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ItronITRI
14.8%0.0pp
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Watts Water Technologies, Inc.WTS
20.8%+2.5pp
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XylemXYL
8%+0.2pp
Core & Main logo
Core & MainCNM
12.9%+0.1pp
Mueller Industries logo
Mueller IndustriesMLI
42%+1.5pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$384.4M+5.5%
Gross profit$144.5M+12.9%
Operating income$80.4M+15.0%
Net income$59.1M+15.2%
EPS (diluted)$0.38+15.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$421.0M+27.9%
Total debt$452.4M-0.9%
Total equity$981.7M+21.2%
Total assets$1.9B+12.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$61.2M+13.1%
CapEx$14.7M+59.8%
Free cash flow$44.0M+4.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.09B+8.0%
Enterprise value$4.12B+5.4%
P/E19.7×-6.6×
P/S2.8×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin37.6%+3.1pp
Operating margin19.2%+3.7pp
Net margin14.2%+3.7pp
FCF margin12%-1.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity21.4%+6.2pp
Debt / equity0.5×-0.1×
Current ratio4.6×+0.8×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Mueller Water Products’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Mueller Water Products’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Mueller Water Products's return on invested capital?
Mueller Water Products (MWA) reported return on invested capital of 19.5% in Q3 2025.
How has Mueller Water Products's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Mueller Water Products's return on invested capital increased by 51.7% year-over-year, from 12.9% to 19.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Mueller Water Products's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Mueller Water Products's return on invested capital has grown at a 14.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 10.1% to 19.5%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
Net operating profit after tax (operating income taxed at the effective rate) divided by average invested capital (debt plus equity minus cash). Measures the after-tax return on all capital put to work in the business, independent of capital structure.