Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for MWA Q1 Earnings

Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Mueller Water Products in a report released on Monday, November 11th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.15 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Mueller Water Products’ current full-year earnings is $1.16 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Mueller Water Products’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.27 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on MWA. StockNews.com downgraded Mueller Water Products from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $27.00 target price (up from $26.00) on shares of Mueller Water Products in a report on Friday, November 8th. TD Cowen downgraded Mueller Water Products from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $19.00 to $20.00 in a report on Friday, August 9th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on Mueller Water Products from $20.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 7th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $22.20.

Mueller Water Products Stock Down 2.4 %

NYSE MWA opened at $24.42 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.70, a quick ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $21.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $20.00. The company has a market capitalization of $3.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.45, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.34. Mueller Water Products has a 1-year low of $13.08 and a 1-year high of $26.28.

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22. The company had revenue of $348.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $324.80 million. Mueller Water Products had a return on equity of 19.71% and a net margin of 8.82%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.19 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Mueller Water Products

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Mueller Water Products by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. now owns 162,750 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,532,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the period. Diversified Trust Co grew its holdings in shares of Mueller Water Products by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 19,936 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $433,000 after buying an additional 607 shares during the period. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Mueller Water Products by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd now owns 11,022 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $239,000 after buying an additional 633 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System grew its holdings in shares of Mueller Water Products by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 43,722 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $783,000 after buying an additional 819 shares during the period. Finally, V Square Quantitative Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mueller Water Products in the 3rd quarter valued at $26,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.68% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Mueller Water Products news, Director Thomas J. Hansen sold 10,791 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.55, for a total transaction of $221,755.05. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 102,792 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,112,375.60. The trade was a 9.50 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Mueller Water Products Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 20th. Investors of record on Friday, November 8th will be given a $0.067 dividend. This represents a $0.27 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 8th. This is a boost from Mueller Water Products’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. Mueller Water Products’s payout ratio is 36.99%.

About Mueller Water Products

Mueller Water Products, Inc manufactures and markets products and services for the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water used by municipalities, and the residential and non-residential construction industries in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Water Flow Solutions and Water Management Solutions.