Growth Metrics

Mueller Industries (MLI) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Mueller Industries (MLI) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 17.87% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 56.0% year-over-year to 17.87%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 22.94%, up 250.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 22.94%, 250.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 17.87% in Q4 2025 per MLI's latest filing, down from 25.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 26.72% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 11.31% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 20.84%, with a median of 21.32% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: skyrocketed 1257bps in 2021, then crashed -323bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 18.0% in 2021, then increased by 21bps to 21.7% in 2022, then decreased by -15bps to 18.47% in 2023, then decreased by 0bps to 18.44% in 2024, then fell by -3bps to 17.87% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 17.87% in Q4 2025, 25.62% in Q3 2025, and 26.72% in Q2 2025.