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 8.2 times as much as Mueller Industries ($98.3B against $12.0B).
On earnings, Mueller Industries is cheaper: it trades at 14.1× trailing earnings, against 46.2× for Corning.
Mueller Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.8% versus 18.8% for Corning).
Mueller Industries keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.3% compared with 12.1% at Corning.
Both pay dividends: Corning yields 0.98% and Mueller Industries 1.2%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GLW | MLI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $98.3B | $12.0B |
| Share price | $114.08 | $54.89 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.2% | 0.60% |
| Change, 5 years | 203% | 265% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.13 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 11K | 4,832 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 17 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 46.2× | 14.1× (better) |
| P/S | 5.5× | 2.4× (better) |
| P/B | 7.2× | 3.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.8× | 9.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 17.4× |
| PEG | 7.80 | 2.50 (better) |
| FCF yield | – | 5.8% |
| Fair value | $69.18 | $52.19 |
| Margin of safety | −64.9% | −5.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 18.8% | 20.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.7% | 11.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 57.4% (better) | 15.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 56.3% (better) | 16.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 27.6% | 40.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.5% (better) | 27.3% |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 21.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 17.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 26.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 13.0% | 42.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 0.00 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.94 (better) | −1.29 |
| Interest coverage | 8.0× | 3260× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.72 | 4.39 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.66 | 13.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.98% | 1.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 16.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.9% | 38.0% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.98% | 3.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.2% | 96.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.20% | 1.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$98.1M | −$44.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.9% | 2.6% |
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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