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MLI vs WIRE

Side-by-side comparison of Mueller Industries Inc. (MLI) and Encore Wire Corporation (WIRE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both MLI and WIRE operate in Metal Fabrications (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MLI is the larger of the two at $14.68B, about 6.9x WIRE ($2.14B).
  • MLI has hit the wire 5 times in the past 4 weeks while WIRE has been quiet.
  • MLI has more recent analyst coverage (3 ratings vs 1 for WIRE).
MetricMLIWIRE
Company
Mueller Industries Inc.
Encore Wire Corporation
Price
$132.66+0.03%
$289.90+0.02%
Market cap
$14.68B
$2.14B
1M return
-
-
1Y return
-
-
Industry
Metal Fabrications
Metal Fabrications
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
1992
News (4w)
5
0
Recent ratings
3
1
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.

WIRE

Encore Wire Corporation

Encore Wire Corporation manufactures and sells electrical building wires and cables for interior electrical wiring in the United States. Its products include NM-B cables for use as interior wiring in homes, apartments, and manufactured housing; THHN/THWN-2 cables and metal-clad and armored cables for use as wiring in commercial and industrial buildings; UF-B cables; XHHW-2 cables; RHH/RHW-2 cables; USE-2 cables; and other types of wire products. The company sells its products to wholesale electrical distributors primarily through independent manufacturers' representatives. Encore Wire Corporation was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.

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