---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000089439-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLI"
cik: "0000089439"
company_name: "MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:15:24.967440+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mueller Industries Q1 net sales $1.19B; EPS $2.16; dividend raised 40% to $0.35

## Summary
- Net sales $1.19B (+19% YoY); diluted EPS $2.16 (+55%); operating income $312.2M.
- Dividend increased 40% to $0.35/share; sixth consecutive annual double-digit increase.
- Acquired Bison Metals Technologies on March 30 to expand North American copper tube capacity.
- Cash $1.38B, no debt; repurchased 650k shares for $75M; net cash from ops $79.7M.
- Operating income includes $41.4M gain from Sherwood Valve sale; adjusted operating income up 41%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000089439-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLI
- cik: 0000089439
- company_name: MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000014/0000089439-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000014/mli-20260421.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-26-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-26-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-26-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC reported the quarter ended March 28, 2026 results: revenue $1.19 billion, net income $239.0 million, EPS $2.16.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 28, 2026
  - Revenue: $1.19 billion
  - Net income: $239.0 million
  - EPS: $2.16
  - Result: reported results
  source text: April 21, 2026 -- Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MLI) announces results for the first quarter of 2026. Comparisons are to the first quarter of 2025. • Net Sales increased to $1.19 billion versus $1.00 billion. • Net Income increased to $239.0 million versus $157.4 million. • Operating Income increased to $312.2 million versus $206.3 million. • Diluted EPS
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000014/0000089439-26-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.