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HWM vs MLI

Side-by-side comparison of Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) and Mueller Industries Inc. (MLI): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both HWM and MLI operate in Metal Fabrications (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • HWM is the larger of the two at $100.79B, about 6.9x MLI ($14.68B).
  • Over the past year, HWM is up 45.6% and MLI is up 71.3% - MLI leads by 25.7 points.
  • HWM has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for MLI).
  • HWM has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 3 for MLI).
PerformanceHWM+45.63%MLI+71.28%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricHWMMLI
Company
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
Mueller Industries Inc.
Price
$251.72+0.97%
$132.66+0.03%
Market cap
$100.79B
$14.68B
1M return
-1.95%
-4.63%
1Y return
+45.63%
+71.28%
Industry
Metal Fabrications
Metal Fabrications
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
12
5
Recent ratings
25
3
HWM

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

Howmet Aerospace Inc. provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels. The Engine Products segment offers airfoils and seamless rolled rings primarily for aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines; and rotating parts, as well as structural parts. The Fastening Systems segment produces aerospace fastening systems and commercial transportation fasteners. The Engineered Structures segment provides titanium ingots and mill products for aerospace and defense applications; and aluminum and nickel forgings, and machined components and assemblies. The Forged Wheels segment offers forged aluminum wheels and related products for heavy-duty trucks and commercial transportation markets. The company was formerly known as Arconic Inc. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

MLI

Mueller Industries Inc.

Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. The company's Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples; PEX plumbing and radiant systems; and plumbing-related fittings and plastic injection tooling. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company's Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; copper bar and alloy shapes; plumbing brass, valves, and fittings; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. Its Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, brass fittings, and tubular assemblies and fabrications for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; insulated HVAC flexible duct systems; and brazed manifolds, headers, and distributor assemblies. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.

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