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MWA

VENTE TOTALE: 52 598 titres (~1 360 599,91 $ US)

Insiders
Ortiz Christine, McAndrew Paul
Total bought
Total sold
$1,360,600
Last activity
2026-09-01
Last synced
2026-09-07 10:23:47 Synced via automated research pipeline

Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.

Price (1 year)

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Market snapshot

Signal

Neutral signal Scored 2026-09-02

MWA exhibits genuinely strong financial health — robust deleveraging, margin expansion, and high liquidity (scores 90/85) — but the event-driven signal is critically bearish, with ~$1.36M in insider sales, a…

The first sentence of the analysis written for MWA on 2026-09-02 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-30
Gross Profit Margin36.1%34.9%29.7%29.2%32.3%
Ebit Margin18.2%14.0%9.9%9.2%10.6%
Ebitda Margin21.0%19.0%14.8%14.1%15.9%
Operating Profit Margin18.2%13.8%10.0%8.9%11.9%
Pretax Profit Margin17.8%12.4%8.5%7.9%8.5%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin13.4%8.8%6.7%6.1%6.3%
Net Profit Margin13.4%8.8%6.7%6.1%6.3%
Bottom Line Profit Margin13.4%8.8%6.7%6.1%6.3%
Current Ratio3.5443.3273.2302.8222.970
Quick Ratio2.4122.1211.8321.6542.118
Solvency Ratio0.2700.2210.1870.1650.158
Cash Ratio1.4861.2010.7330.6081.034
Price To Earnings Ratio20.74829.32423.05520.95934.591
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio0.3130.8491.8831.844-7.956
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio0.3130.8491.8831.844-7.956
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio20.91829.32423.05521.39634.591
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio0.3220.8491.5812.354-15.566
Price To Book Ratio4.0664.1762.7862.4153.469
Price To Sales Ratio2.7922.5731.5541.2962.170
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio23.20517.67532.278-673.54125.647
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio18.20014.16718.18230.90815.385
Debt To Assets Ratio0.2460.2920.3140.3160.313
Debt To Equity Ratio0.4600.5890.6640.7080.684
Debt To Capital Ratio0.3150.3710.3990.4140.406
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio0.3150.3560.3860.4000.391
Financial Leverage Ratio1.8732.0192.1152.2382.184
Working Capital Turnover Ratio2.1352.4162.7522.8592.584
Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.7550.9260.4980.2170.712
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio0.1530.1820.0850.0420.141
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.7840.8020.563-0.0460.600
Debt Service Coverage Ratio11.2269.0858.6608.3536.157
Interest Coverage Ratio13.0308.4516.9246.3415.534
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio182.750298.500155.71465.375156.700
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio0.4860.5000.2310.1100.330
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio4.6365.0382.2900.9562.499
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio2.4592.7351.2720.5731.607
Dividend Payout Ratio0.2190.3440.4460.4770.494
Enterprise Value Multiple13.34914.19712.14211.06315.005

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. higher lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 36.1% 1.2% 3.7%
Ebit Margin 18.2% 4.2% 5.9%
Ebitda Margin 21.0% 2.0% 4.0%
Operating Profit Margin 18.2% 4.4% 5.7%
Pretax Profit Margin 17.8% 5.3% 6.7%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin 13.4% 4.6% 5.1%
Net Profit Margin 13.4% 4.6% 5.1%
Bottom Line Profit Margin 13.4% 4.6% 5.1%
Current Ratio 3.544 0.217 0.366
Quick Ratio 2.412 0.291 0.385
Solvency Ratio 0.270 0.049 0.070
Cash Ratio 1.486 0.285 0.474
Price To Earnings Ratio 20.748 -8.576 -4.987
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 0.313 -0.535 0.927
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 0.313 -0.535 0.927
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio 20.918 -8.406 -4.939
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio 0.323 -0.526 2.414
Price To Book Ratio 4.066 -0.110 0.683
Price To Sales Ratio 2.792 0.218 0.715
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio 23.205 5.530 138.152
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio 18.200 4.034 -1.168
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.246 -0.046 -0.051
Debt To Equity Ratio 0.460 -0.129 -0.161
Debt To Capital Ratio 0.315 -0.056 -0.066
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 0.315 -0.042 -0.055
Financial Leverage Ratio 1.873 -0.146 -0.213
Working Capital Turnover Ratio 2.135 -0.280 -0.414
Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.755 -0.170 0.134
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio 0.153 -0.028 0.033
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.784 -0.017 0.244
Debt Service Coverage Ratio 11.226 2.141 2.530
Interest Coverage Ratio 13.030 4.579 4.974
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 182.750 -115.750 10.942
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 0.486 -0.015 0.154
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio 4.636 -0.402 1.552
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio 2.458 -0.277 0.729
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.219 -0.126 -0.177
Enterprise Value Multiple 13.349 -0.848 0.198

Key metrics

MetricTrend20252024202320222021
Market cap$3.99B$3.38B$1.98B$1.62B$2.41B
Enterprise value$4.01B$3.55B$2.29B$1.94B$2.66B
EV / Sales2.81x2.70x1.80x1.56x2.39x
EV / Op. cash flow18.29x14.87x21.04x37.16x16.97x
EV / Free cash flow23.32x18.55x37.36x-809.87x28.29x
EV / EBITDA13.35x14.20x12.14x11.06x15.01x
Net debt / EBITDA0.07x0.67x1.65x1.86x1.40x
Current ratio3.54x3.33x3.23x2.82x2.97x
Income quality1.14x2.06x1.27x0.68x2.23x
Graham number$13$9$7$7$7
Graham net-net-$0-$1-$2-$2-$2
Tax burden75.4%70.9%78.4%77.7%74.2%
Interest burden97.5%88.9%86.2%85.6%80.7%
Working capital$738.6M$600.4M$488.0M$439.0M$433.6M
Invested capital$1.47B$1.34B$1.25B$1.23B$1.25B
Return on assets10.4%7.1%5.7%5.1%4.6%
Operating ROA15.0%11.6%8.5%7.4%9.0%
Return on tangible assets13.3%9.3%7.9%7.4%7.0%
Return on equity19.5%14.3%12.0%11.4%10.1%
Return on invested capital12.7%9.3%7.7%6.9%7.5%
Return on capital employed16.8%13.2%9.9%8.9%10.1%
Earnings yield4.8%3.4%4.3%4.7%2.9%
Free cash flow yield4.3%5.7%3.1%-0.1%3.9%
Capex / Op. cash flow21.6%19.8%43.7%104.6%40.0%
Capex / Depreciation100.9%71.6%76.2%90.4%105.2%
Capex / Sales3.3%3.6%3.7%4.4%5.6%
SG&A / Sales17.3%18.7%19.0%19.1%19.7%
R&D / Sales0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stock comp / Sales0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%
Intangibles / Total assets21.6%23.9%28.4%30.7%33.4%
Days sales outstanding63d60d63d68d74d
Days payables outstanding54d47d42d51d45d
Operating cycle195d193d188d184d165d
Cash conversion cycle141d146d146d134d120d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — up down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▲+18.0%EV / Sales ▲+3.9%EV / EBITDA ▼-6.0%EV / Op. cash flow ▲+3.423Earnings yield ▲+0.014Graham number ▲+3.834
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.052Return on assets ▲+0.033Return on invested capital ▲+0.034Return on capital employed ▲+0.036Operating ROA ▲+0.034Income quality ▼-0.916Tax burden ▲+0.045
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+3.459Days payables outstanding ▲+6.853Operating cycle ▲+2.082Cash conversion cycle ▼-4.771Capex / Sales ▼-0.003R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▲+0.217Net debt / EBITDA ▼-0.603Working capital ▲+138200000.000Invested capital ▲+134300000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.023

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▲+65.6%EV / Sales ▲+17.2%EV / EBITDA ▼-11.0%EV / Op. cash flow ▲+1.324Earnings yield ▲+0.019Graham number ▲+6.534
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.094Return on assets ▲+0.058Return on invested capital ▲+0.052Return on capital employed ▲+0.067Operating ROA ▲+0.060Income quality ▼-1.082Tax burden ▲+0.012
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-10.270Days payables outstanding ▲+9.106Operating cycle ▲+30.143Cash conversion cycle ▲+21.037Capex / Sales ▼-0.023R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▲+0.574Net debt / EBITDA ▼-1.333Working capital ▲+305000000.000Invested capital ▲+219100000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.119

Employee count

Peer market caps

Congressional trades

Recent trades

DateRepresentativeTypeAmount
2026-06-18Michael T. McCaulSale$1,001 - $15,000

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