Mueller Water Products Inc [MWA] stock is trading at $26.93, down -1.21%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MWA shares have gain 3.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.46%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Mueller Water Products Inc [NYSE: MWA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 09, 2024, when TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Hold and also boosted its price target to $20 from $19. Previously, Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to Outperform on April 18, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $19. On August 04, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral. TD Cowen upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $19 on May 05, 2023. Northcoast upgraded its rating to a Buy. Deutsche Bank started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on August 18, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $12. In a note dated July 15, 2022, Northcoast initiated a Neutral rating.
Mueller Water Products Inc [MWA] stock has fluctuated between $19.23 and $28.58 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $17.5 within the next 12 months. Mueller Water Products Inc [NYSE: MWA] shares were valued at $26.93 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -35.02% based on the average MWA price forecast.
Analyzing the MWA fundamentals
Mueller Water Products Inc [NYSE:MWA] reported sales of 1.40B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 6.62%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.35% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.15. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.52.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 26.67 points at the first support level, and at 26.41 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 27.28, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 27.63.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Mueller Water Products Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.86. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.56, while the Cash Ratio is 1.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.01, the price to book ratio is 4.53 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 28.44.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Smith Suzanne G, Former Officer, that happened on Aug 28 ’25 when 1288.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Heinrichs Steven S completed a deal on Aug 28 ’25 to buy 10310.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director HANSEN THOMAS J sold 24005.0 shares on Aug 18 ’25.
