secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC (MLI)
CIK:        0000089439
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000089439-21-000061
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mueller Industries Q3 net income jumps to $171M, EPS $3.01 from $0.76
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- Operating income of $233.4M vs $69.2M; net sales $982.2M vs $619.1M YoY.
- EPS of $3.01, up from $0.76, aided by $50.1M gain from sale of two businesses.
- COMEX copper averaged $4.30/lb, 47% higher than prior-year quarter.
- Reduced debt by $230M; debt-to-capitalization below 10%, current ratio 2.7.
- CEO cites continued solid demand and building backlogs; labor/supply constraints.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943921000061/0000089439-21-000061-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943921000061/mli-20211019.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-21-000061

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