Growth Metrics

Mueller Industries (MLI) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Mueller Industries has reported Return on Sales over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.2% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 4.0% to 0.2% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.19% through Mar 2026, up 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.18% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.2% for Q1 2026 at Mueller Industries, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.22% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 0.14% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.17% (2024), against an average of 0.17%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 8bps in 2022 and later dropped -4bps in 2024.
  • Tracing MLI's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.16% in 2022, then rose by 16bps to 0.18% in 2023, then decreased by -20bps to 0.14% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 0.16% in 2025, then rose by 27bps to 0.2% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.2%, 0.16%, and 0.19% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.