secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC (MLI)
CIK:        0000089439
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000089439-26-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000002/0000089439-26-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000002/mli-20260203.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-26-000002

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