$1.22M in average volume shows that Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA) is heading in the right direction

A new trading day began on Monday, with Mueller Water Products Inc (NYSE: MWA) stock price up 0.49% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $24.31. MWA’s price has ranged from $13.08 to $26.28 over the past 52 weeks.

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Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 6.49% over the last five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 20.49%. With a float of $153.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $156.23 million.

The firm has a total of 3200 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 34.91%, operating margin of 14.28%, and the pretax margin is 12.43%.

Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA) Insider Activity

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Specialty Industrial Machinery Industry. The insider ownership of Mueller Water Products Inc is 1.66%, while institutional ownership is 93.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 18 ’24, was worth 263,287. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 07 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 1,125 for $21.99, making the entire transaction worth $24,739. This insider now owns 5,025 shares in total.

Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 20.49% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.00% during the next five years compared to 13.02% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Mueller Water Products Inc (NYSE: MWA) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Mueller Water Products Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.16. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.88. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.89.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.74, a number that is poised to hit 0.19 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.29 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Mueller Water Products Inc, MWA], we can find that recorded value of 1.5 million was better than the volume posted last year of 1.26 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 50.71%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.64.

During the past 100 days, Mueller Water Products Inc’s (MWA) raw stochastic average was set at 78.97%, which indicates a significant increase from 60.66% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 41.88% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.46% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $22.19, while its 200-day Moving Average is $18.79. Now, the first resistance to watch is $24.55. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $24.68. The third major resistance level sits at $24.81. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $24.29, it is likely to go to the next support level at $24.16. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $24.03.

Mueller Water Products Inc (NYSE: MWA) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 3.79 billion, the company has a total of 155,796K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,315 M while annual income is 115,900 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 348,200 K while its latest quarter income was 10,000 K.