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Mueller Industries Inc (MLI) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Mueller Industries makes and sells products in copper, brass and aluminium across three segments. Piping Systems supplies copper tube, fittings and plumbing parts to wholesalers, housing builders and air-conditioning makers.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MLI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-04
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 73th percentile of the window, -21.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-04
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +0.6% week · −1.2% month · −8.0% quarter · −2.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-04
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
Who it is priced against Metal Fabrication · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Metal Fabrication · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against MLI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Mueller Industries Inc

MLI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Mueller Industries makes and sells products in copper, brass and aluminium across three segments. Piping Systems supplies copper tube, fittings and plumbing parts to wholesalers, housing builders and air-conditioning makers. Industrial Metals turns brass, copper and aluminium into rod, machined parts, forgings and valves for automotive, construction and utility customers. Climate supplies valves, heat exchangers and flexible duct systems to HVAC and refrigeration wholesalers and equipment makers. It is based in Collierville, Tennessee, and traces back to 1917.
Where it sits in the stack
Mueller Industries carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the industrial metals and building-products sleeve of our wider universe, supplying copper and brass components to construction, HVAC and automotive buyers rather than to chip or data-centre supply chains.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for Mueller in its records; the comparison the market draws most often is with Mueller Water Products, a separate company despite the shared name, and with other copper-tube and brass-fitting makers serving plumbing and HVAC markets.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Mueller Industries carries a Closelooknet score, and the module the diary reads as strongest is momentum, the same module that also reads weakest, since no other module currently registers a stronger or weaker signal. It holds no seat in our index and no quotes or editions reference it yet.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how copper prices and housing and construction demand move together, since Mueller's piping and industrial-metals volumes track both closely.

Mueller Industries Inc (MLI) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 58/100 composite (momentum 33, quality 61, valuation 48) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Freedom Broker, 2026-10-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MLI from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Freedom Broker — target 76 from 80 Target cut to $76 from $80 (+32.1% to spot) 2026-10-21

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.32%, annual · buybacks 244 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What MLI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.18 USD per share · a 0.32% yield on the 2026-11-04 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-11-04
  • Last distribution 0.18 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2026: 0.18 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-09-04
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 109 m USD 14% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 244 m USD 2.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.5% in FY2025 27 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 353 m USD · 51% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-05

Quick answers

What is Mueller Industries Inc (MLI)?

Mueller Industries Inc trades as MLI on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-05.

Is MLI in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Mueller Industries Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-05.

What is Mueller Industries Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

58 out of 100, with momentum 33, quality 61 and valuation 48 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-05. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What does Mueller Industries Inc do?

Mueller Industries makes and sells products in copper, brass and aluminium across three segments. Piping Systems supplies copper tube, fittings and plumbing parts to wholesalers, housing builders and air-conditioning makers. Industrial Metals turns brass, copper and aluminium into rod, machined parts, forgings and valves for automotive, construction and utility customers. The diary holds no peer group for Mueller in its records; the comparison the market draws most often is with Mueller Water Products, a separate company despite the shared name, and with other copper-tube and brass-fitting makers serving plumbing and HVAC markets. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Mueller Industries Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Mueller Industries carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the industrial metals and building-products sleeve of our wider universe, supplying copper and brass components to construction, HVAC and automotive buyers rather than to chip or data-centre supply chains. Mueller Industries carries a Closelooknet score, and the module the diary reads as strongest is momentum, the same module that also reads weakest, since no other module currently registers a stronger or weaker signal. It holds no seat in our index and no quotes or editions reference it yet. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Mueller Industries Inc pay a dividend?

Mueller Industries Inc has paid 0.18 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 0.32% on the 2026-11-04 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.18 USD on 2026-09-04. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 109 m USD in dividends and bought back 244 m USD of its own shares, 51% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.5% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-04; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Mueller Industries Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Mueller Industries Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Freedom Broker on 2026-10-21 (target 76 from 80). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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