At the time of writing, Mueller Water Products Inc [MWA] stock is trading at $25.5, up 0.63%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MWA shares have gain 3.45% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.82%, and not 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Mueller Water Products Inc fluctuated between $20.16 and $28.58. 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 $25.5 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -31.37% based on the average MWA price forecast.
Analyzing the MWA fundamentals
According to Mueller Water Products Inc [NYSE:MWA], the company’s sales were 1.40B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 6.62% jump. 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.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Mueller Water Products Inc [NYSE:MWA] has a current ratio of 3.86. Also, the Quick Ratio is 2.56, while the Cash Ratio stands at 1.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.85, the price to book ratio is 4.29 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.93.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Smith Suzanne G, Former VP and CAO, that happened on Sep 08 ’25 when 750.0 shares were sold. Officer, Smith Suzanne G completed a deal on Sep 08 ’25 to buy 750.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former VP and CAO Smith Suzanne G sold 1288.0 shares on Aug 28 ’25.
