Mueller IndustriesMLI
About: Mueller Industries Inc makes copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products. The company reports three business segments: piping systems, industrial metals, and climate. Piping systems, earning majority of the company's revenue, produces tubes, fittings, rods, valves, and other products and operates various firms world-wide. The industrial metals segment manufactures impacts and micro-gauge, brass rod and copper bar products, and brass value-added products. The climate segment produces items used to create temperature-control goods, including valves, twisted tubes, coaxial heat exchangers, and others. Numerous systems use the aforementioned products, including HVAC, water distribution, refrigeration, and automotive.
Employees: 5,168
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $17.5M | Put options by funds: $11.1M
28% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 78 | Existing positions closed: 61
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 517 [Q4 2024] → 526 (+9) [Q1 2025]
3% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 194 | Existing positions reduced: 188
1.6% less ownership
Funds ownership: 90.43% [Q4 2024] → 88.83% (-1.6%) [Q1 2025]
6% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $8.16B [Q4 2024] → $7.66B (-$502M) [Q1 2025]
20% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q4 2024] → 8 (-2) [Q1 2025]
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