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Mueller Industries (Mueller Industries) Operating Income : $692 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Mueller Industries Operating Income?

Mueller Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $183 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $692 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Mueller Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $183 Mil. Mueller Industries's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $850 Mil. Therefore, Mueller Industries's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 21.59%.

Good Sign:

Mueller Industries Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Mueller Industries's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 31.10% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Mueller Industries's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 40.97%. Mueller Industries's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 90.57%.


Mueller Industries Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mueller Industries's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Mueller Industries Operating Income Chart

Mueller Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
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Mueller Industries Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 229.11 191.23 182.81 134.74 183.43

Mueller Industries Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $692 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Mueller Industries  (NYSE:MLI) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Mueller Industries's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2024 ))/ count )
=733.7 * ( 1 - 25.72% )/( (1314.133 + 1346.203)/ 2 )
=544.99236/1330.168
=40.97 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=2759.301 - 176.129 - ( 1269.039 - max(0, 317.138 - 2040.021+1269.039))
=1314.133

Invested Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=2894.242 - 190.087 - ( 1357.952 - max(0, 361.281 - 2184.606+1357.952))
=1346.203

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Mueller Industries's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Dec. 2023  Q: Mar. 2024
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=806.66/( ( (420.335 + max(462.533, 0)) + (424.336 + max(474.15, 0)) )/ 2 )
=806.66/( ( 882.868 + 898.486 )/ 2 )
=806.66/890.677
=90.57 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(351.561 + 380.248 + 39.173) - (176.129 + 0 + 132.32)
=462.533

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(424.406 + 356.869 + 45.379) - (190.087 + 0 + 162.417)
=474.15

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Mueller Industries's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=183.425/849.654
=21.59 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Mueller Industries (Mueller Industries) Business Description

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Address
150 Schilling Boulevard, Suite 100, Collierville, TN, USA, 38017
Mueller Industries Inc makes copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products. The company reports three business segments: piping systems, industrial metals, and climate. Piping systems, earning most of the company's revenue, produces tubes, fittings, rods, valves, and other products and operates various firms worldwide. The industrial metals segment manufactures impacts and micro-gauge, brass rod and copper bar products, and brass value-added products. The climate segment produces items used to create temperature-control goods, including valves, twisted tubes, coaxial heat exchangers, and others. Numerous systems use the aforementioned products, including HVAC, water distribution, refrigeration, and automotive. Most sales derive from the United States, but the company operates worldwide.
Executives
Steffen Sigloch officer: VP, Mfg and Engineering 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE, SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
John B Hansen officer: President, Mfg Operations 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Gregory L. Christopher officer: President - Standard Products 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE, SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Scott Jay Goldman director 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE, SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Herzog Charles P Jr director 9581 FOX HILL CIRCLE SOUTH, GERMANTOWN TN 38139
William C. Drummond director 1395 BRICKELL AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33131
Gary S Gladstein director SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC, 888 SEVENTH AVE 3300, NEW YORK NY 10106
Anthony Steinriede officer: VP - Corporate Controller 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE, SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Gary Westermeyer officer: President, Refrigeration 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE, SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Gennaro J Fulvio director
Kristee Michelle Ford officer: Chief Information Officer 581 ROCKY JOE DRIVE, COLLIERVILLE TN 38017
Paul J Flaherty director C/O MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC., 8285 TOURNAMENT DRIVE SUITE 150, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Devin Malone officer: President, Streamline 2321 WICKERSHAM CV, GERMANTOWN TN 38139
Christopher Andrew Mitchell officer: President, Canadian Operations 198 PIONEER TOWER ROAD, KITCHENER A6 N2P 2H8
Elizabeth M Donovan director 400 E OHIO STREET, CHICAGO IL 60611

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