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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Mueller Industries (MLI)

Mueller Industries Q4 net income rises 11.6% to $153.7 million; 2025 profit a record

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Mueller Industries reported fourth-quarter 2025 net income of $153.7 million, up 11.6%, and diluted EPS of $1.38, up 14.0%, on net sales of $962.4 million, up 4.2%. For full year 2025, net income reached $765.2 million, up 26.5%, and the CEO said this was the highest annual operating and net income in the company's history.

Key points

  • Q4 2025 net sales $962.4 million vs. $923.5 million; operating income $172.0 million, up 1.0%.
  • Q4 gross margin was hit by an $18.2 million unrealized loss on open hedge contracts as copper prices rose.
  • Full year 2025 diluted EPS was $6.86 vs. $5.31 in 2024, up 29.2%.
  • Year-end cash and short-term investments totaled $1.39 billion, and the company reported no debt.

The filing

CompanyMueller Industries (MLI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 3, 2026, 10:03 AM ET
Accession number0000089439-26-000002

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:56 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 03, 2026.

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