Head-To-Head Survey: Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) & DBM Global (OTCMKTS:DBMG)

DBM Global (OTCMKTS:DBMG) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares DBM Global and Mueller Water Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DBM Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mueller Water Products	10.48%	21.31%	10.86%

Dividends

DBM Global pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mueller Water Products pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Risk and Volatility

DBM Global has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for DBM Global and Mueller Water Products, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DBM Global	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mueller Water Products	0	3	1	0	2.25

Mueller Water Products has a consensus price target of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.63%. Given Mueller Water Products’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than DBM Global.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DBM Global and Mueller Water Products”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DBM Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mueller Water Products	$1.37 billion	2.86	$115.90 million	$0.91	27.57

Mueller Water Products has higher revenue and earnings than DBM Global.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.4% of DBM Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mueller Water Products beats DBM Global on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DBM Global

DBM Global Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as steel fabrication and erection contractor in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company offers integrated structural and steel construction services; and professional services, including design-assist/design-build, pre-construction design and budgeting, steel management, fabrication, erection, and 3D building information modeling. It also fabricates trusses and girders; provides fabrication and erection of large-diameter water pipe and water storage tanks; provides integrated solutions for digital engineering, modeling and detailing, construction, and heavy equipment installation, as well as facility services, including maintenance, repair, and installation. In addition, the company manufactures pollution control scrubbers, tunnel liners, pressure vessels, strainers, filters, separators, and various customized products. It provides its services for projects in a range of markets that comprise commercial, industrial, and infrastructure construction projects, such as high- and low-rise buildings and office complexes, hotels and casinos, convention centers, sports arenas and stadiums, shopping malls, hospitals, dams, bridges, mines, metal processing, refineries, pulp and paper mills, and power plants. The company was formerly known as Schuff International, Inc. and changed its name to DBM Global Inc. in September 2016. DBM Global Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. DBM Global Inc. is a subsidiary of DBM Global Intermediate Holdco Inc.

About Mueller Water Products

Mueller Water Products, Inc. manufactures and markets products and services for the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water used by municipalities, and the residential and non-residential construction industries in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Water Flow Solutions and Water Management Solutions. The Water Flow Solutions segment provides valves for water systems, such as iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, knife, plug, and ball valves, which are used to control distribution and transmission of potable water and non-potable water, as well as in water transmission or distribution, water treatment facilities, or industrial applications. It also offers service brass products. The Water Management Solutions segment offers dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants for water infrastructure development; fire protection systems, and water infrastructure repair and replacement projects; pipe repair products, such as couplings, grips, and clamps used to repair leaks; residential, fire line, and commercial water metering products, systems, and services; water leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services; machines and tools for tapping, drilling, extracting, installing, and stopping-off; gas valve products for use in gas distribution systems; and intelligent water solutions, including pressure control valves, advanced pressure management, network analytics, event management, and date logging. It sells its products under the Canada Valve, Centurion, Ez-Max, Hydro Gate, Hydro-Guard, HYMAX, HYMAX VERSA, Jones, Krausz, Milliken, Mueller, Pratt, Pratt Industrial, Repamax, Repaflex, Singer, Echologics, Echoshore, ePulse, Hersey, LeakFinderRT, LeakFinderST, LeakListener, LeakTuner, Mi.Echo, Mi.Net, Mueller Systems, Sentryx, and U.S. Pipe Valve and Hydrant brands. Mueller Water Products, Inc. was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.