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Mueller Industries (Mueller Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 20.28% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Mueller Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,170 Mil. Mueller Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $846 Mil. Mueller Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.28%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mueller Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MLI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.89   Med: 9.39   Max: 31.6
Current: 17.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Mueller Industries was 31.60%. The lowest was 5.89%. And the median was 9.39%.

MLI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
90.91% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.515 vs MLI: 17.99

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Mueller Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 27.06%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Mueller Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mueller Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.95 10.08 19.23 32.15 20.28

Mueller Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.15 26.04 21.14 26.46 20.28

Competitive Comparison

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Mueller Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Mueller Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Mueller Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mueller Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Mueller Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Mueller Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=846.453/4170.3387
=20.30 %

Mueller Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $846 Mil.



Mueller Industries  (NYSE:MLI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Mueller Industries (Mueller Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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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