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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000089439-26-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLI"
cik: "0000089439"
company_name: "MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:30:45.088020+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mueller Industries reports record annual net income; Q4 EPS $1.38, up 14% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $962.4M (+4.2% YoY); operating income $172.0M (+1.0%); net income $153.7M (+11.6%); diluted EPS $1.38 (+14.0%).
- Full year 2025: net sales $4.2B (+10.5%), operating income $958.5M (+24.4%), net income $765.2M (+26.5%), diluted EPS $6.86 (+29.2%) – all record highs.
- Year-end cash and short-term investments $1.39B, no debt; Q4 cash from operations $141.2M; current ratio 5.9x.
- CEO notes record annual results despite tariffs and market headwinds; expects improvements as 2026 progresses.
- COMEX copper averaged $5.13/lb (+22% YoY); $18.2M unrealized loss on open hedge contracts recorded in Q4 gross margin.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000089439-26-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLI
- cik: 0000089439
- company_name: MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000002/0000089439-26-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000002/mli-20260203.htm

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