Why Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s (MWA) Stock Is Up 16.68%

By Aneeqa Nadeem
February 05, 2025
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Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Mueller Water Products, Inc. before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock price such as:

  • Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s current stock price and volume
  • Why Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock price changed recently
  • Upgrades and downgrades for MWA from analysts
  • MWA’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA)

Before we jump into Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

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. The Water Flow Solutions segment provides valves for water systems, such as iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, knife, plug, and ball valves, which are used to control distribution and transmission of potable water and non-potable water, as well as in water transmission or distribution, water treatment facilities, or industrial applications. It also offers service brass products. The Water Management Solutions segment offers dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants for water infrastructure development; fire protection systems, and water infrastructure repair and replacement projects; pipe repair products, such as couplings, grips, and clamps used to repair leaks; residential, fire protection, and commercial water metering products and systems; water leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services; machines and tools for tapping, drilling, extracting, installing, and stopping-off; gas valve products for use in gas distribution systems; and intelligent water solutions, including pressure control valves, advanced pressure management, network analytics, event management, and date logging. It sells its products under the Canada Valve, Centurion, Ez-Max, Hydro Gate, Hydro-Guard, HYMAX, HYMAX VERSA, Jones, Krausz, Milliken, Mueller Systems, Mueller, Pratt, Pratt Industrial, Repamax, Repaflex, Singer, Echologics, Echoshore, ePulse, Hersey, LeakFinderRT, Sentryx, and U.S. Pipe Valve and Hydrant brands. The company was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of February 05, 2025, 4:00 PM, CST, Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock price was $26.930.

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is up 16.68% from its previous closing price of $23.080.

During the last market session, Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock traded between $23.650 and $27.350. Currently, there are approximately 156.00 million shares outstanding for Mueller Water Products, Inc..

Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 31.2, which is high compared to the Machinery industry median of 24. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Mueller Water Products, Inc. Stock Price History

Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s (MWA) price is currently up 17.09% so far this month.

During the month of February, Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $27.350 and a low of $22.290.

Over the last year, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has hit prices as high as $26.279 and as low as $13.490. Year to date, Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock is up 19.69%.

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What Caused Mueller Water Products, Inc. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

One of the most common factors that can drastically impact a stock’s price is analyst upgrades and downgrades. When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. However, as of February 04, 2025,, no analysts have changed their rating of Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a D, which means it is considered to be Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of February 04, 2025, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 6.57%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 80 and is considered to be Strong.

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Mueller Water Products, Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of February 5, 2025, Mueller Water Products, Inc.’s stock price is $26.930, which is up 16.68% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Mueller Water Products, Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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