Mueller Water Products (MWA) reported $318.2 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 4.6%. EPS of $0.29 for the same period compares to $0.25 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.7% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $306.85 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.27, the EPS surprise was +8.74%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Mueller Water Products performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Water Management Solutions: $145.2 million versus $131.5 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12% change.
- Net Sales- Water Flow Solutions: $173 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $175.5 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.9%.
- Adjusted operating income (loss)- Water Management Solutions: $24.5 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $29 million.
- Adjusted operating income (loss)- Water Flow Solutions: $49.4 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $41.5 million.
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Shares of Mueller Water Products have returned +11.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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