Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	47.20	MWA's P/E(ttm) is ranked higher than 79% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 18.99 vs. MWA: 47.20 )	MWA' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 11.38   Max: 63.31 Current: 47.2 11.38 63.31
P/S	1.12	MWA's P/S is ranked lower than 56% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 0.75 vs. MWA: 1.12 )	MWA' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.13   Max: 1.91 Current: 1.12 0.13 1.91
PFCF	16.28	MWA's PFCF is ranked higher than 51% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 15.61 vs. MWA: 16.28 )	MWA' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 3.37   Max: 420 Current: 16.28 3.37 420
EV-to-EBIT	22.45	MWA's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 93% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 12.70 vs. MWA: 22.45 )	MWA' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 9.6   Max: 450 Current: 22.45 9.6 450

Dividend & Buy Back

		vs industry	vs history
Dividend Yield	0.92	MWA's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than 53% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 1.85 vs. MWA: 0.92 )	MWA' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range Min: 0.11   Max: 3.64 Current: 0.92 0.11 3.64
Yield on cost (5-Year)	0.90	MWA's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked higher than 53% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 1.88 vs. MWA: 0.90 )	MWA' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range Min: 0.11   Max: 3.64 Current: 0.9 0.11 3.64
Share Buyback Rate	-0.5	MWA's Share Buyback Rate is ranked higher than 70% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: -0.90 vs. MWA: -0.5 )	MWA' s 10-Year Share Buyback Rate Range Min: -0.5   Max: -7.7 Current: -0.5

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	4.50	MWA's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked lower than 73% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 7.10 vs. MWA: 4.50 )	MWA' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 0.2   Max: 10.4 Current: 4.5 0.2 10.4
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	4.9	MWA's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 73% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 4.32 vs. MWA: 4.9 )	MWA' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 5.9   Max: 22.1 Current: 4.9 5.9 22.1

Business Description

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that was incorporated on September 22, 2005 under the name Mueller Holding Company, Inc. It is the surviving corporation of the merger on February 2, 2006 of Mueller Water Products, LLC and Mueller Water Products Co-Issuer, Inc. with and into Mueller Holding Company, Inc. It changed its name to Mueller Water Products, Inc. on February 2, 2006. On June 1, 2006, it completed its initial public offering. The Company is a manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of water infrastructure, flow control and piping component system products for use in water distribution networks and water treatment facilities in North America. It also acts as a wholesale distributor, especially in Canada, for products it manufactures and products that are manufactured by other companies. The Company's broad product portfolio includes engineered valves, fire hydrants, pipe fittings, water meters and ductile iron pipe, which are used by municipalities, as well as the residential and non-residential construction for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), fire protection, industrial, energy and oil & gas industries. It manages its businesses and report operations through three business segments, based largely upon the products sold and the customers served: Mueller Co., U.S. Pipe and Anvil. Mueller Co. manufactures valves for water and gas systems, including iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, plug and ball valves, as well as dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants and a full line of metering and pipe repair products such as clamps and couplings used to repair leaks in water and gas distribution systems. U.S. Pipe manufactures a broad line of ductile iron pipe, restraint joint products, fittings and other ductile iron products. U.S. Pipe products are sold primarily to waterworks distributors, contractors, municipalities, utilities and other governmental agencies. Anvil manufactures and sources a broad range of products including a variety of fittings, couplings, hangers, nipples, valves and related pipe products for use in non-residential construction for HVAC, fire protection, industrial, energy and oil & gas applications. The Company's major competitors are McWane, Inc., Griffin Ductile Iron Pipe Company and American Cast Iron Pipe Company. The Company's primary competitors in the United States are Ward Manufacturing L.L.C. for cast iron and malleable iron fittings, Victaulic Company and the Tyco Engineered Products and Services segment of Tyco International Ltd. It is subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations concerning the protection of the environment, both with respect to the operation of many of its plants and with respect to remediating environmental conditions that may exist at its own and other properties.
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Industry:	Diversified Industrials
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Traded in other countries:	JT5.Germany

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