Corning vs Mueller Industries
GLW and MLI side by side, both in rolling, drawing, and extruding of nonferrous. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GLW and MLI compare
Corning is the larger company, worth 8.8 times as much as Mueller Industries ($106B against $12.1B).
On earnings, Mueller Industries is cheaper: it trades at 14.2× trailing earnings, against 49.9× for Corning.
Corning grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (18.8% versus 14.8% for Mueller Industries).
Mueller Industries keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.2% compared with 12.1% at Corning.
Both pay dividends: Corning yields 0.91% and Mueller Industries 1.2%.
Mueller Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 16 for Corning), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GLW | MLI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $106B | $12.1B |
| Share price | $123.31 | $54.56 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.6% | 4.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 222% | 287% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.09 | 0.89 |
| Employees | 11K | 4,832 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 49.9× | 14.2× (better) |
| P/S | 6.0× | 2.6× (better) |
| P/B | 7.8× | 3.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 38.5× | 9.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 18.1× |
| PEG | 8.43 | 2.52 (better) |
| FCF yield | – | 5.5% |
| Fair value | $71.27 | $54.07 |
| Margin of safety | −73.0% | −0.90% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 18.8% (better) | 14.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.7% | 11.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 57.4% (better) | 19.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 56.3% (better) | 21.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 27.6% | 40.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.5% (better) | 28.8% |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 23.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 18.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 14.3% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 26.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 13.0% | 40.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 0.00 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.94 (better) | −1.24 |
| Interest coverage | 8.0× | 5352× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.72 | 4.78 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.90 | 14.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.91% | 1.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 15.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.9% | 38.0% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.63% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.91% | 1.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.2% | 95.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.20% | 3.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$98.1M | −$45.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.0% | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- GLW stock overview
- GLW income statement
- GLW valuation and score
- MLI stock overview
- MLI income statement
- MLI valuation and score
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