Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM) Head-To-Head Review

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) and Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mueller Industries and Nano Dimension”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Industries	$4.66 billion	2.88	$765.19 million	$3.84	15.79
Nano Dimension	$102.44 million	3.23	-$293.30 million	($0.46)	-3.41

Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Nano Dimension. Nano Dimension is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mueller Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Nano Dimension shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Nano Dimension shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mueller Industries and Nano Dimension’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mueller Industries	18.25%	25.68%	21.80%
Nano Dimension	-135.18%	-24.92%	-21.49%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Mueller Industries and Nano Dimension, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mueller Industries	0	0	2	0	3.00
Nano Dimension	1	0	0	0	1.00

Mueller Industries presently has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.72%. Given Mueller Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Nano Dimension.

Volatility and Risk

Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nano Dimension has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mueller Industries beats Nano Dimension on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mueller Industries

Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; plumbing brass, valves, fittings, and gas assemblies; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. The Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; and insulated HVAC flexible duct systems. Mueller Industries, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.

About Nano Dimension

Nano Dimension Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in additive manufacturing solutions in Israel and internationally. The company offers 3D printers, comprising AME systems, which are inkjet printers, that produces Hi-PEDs by depositing proprietary conductive and dielectric substances, as well as integrates in-situ capacitors, antennas, coils, transformers, and electromechanical components; micro additive manufacturing systems, a digital light processing printers (DLP) that achieves production-grade polymer and composite parts; and industrial additive manufacturing systems, that utilizes a patented foil system that fabricates ceramic and metal parts. It also provides additive electronics robotics and control systems, which includes surface-mount-technology, an electronics assembly equipment for electronic components on Hi-PEDs and PCBs, catering to various manufacturing and volume requirements; and ink delivery systems, which controls electronics, software, and ink delivery systems for digital printing. In addition, the company sells various materials that are developed in-house, including nanoparticle conductive and dielectric inks, polymer and composite resins, and ceramic and metal slurries, as well as offers software solutions for its products. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Ness Ziona, Israel.