secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC (MLI)
CIK:        0000089439
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-21T16:09:15+00:00
Accession:  0000089439-26-000029
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mueller Industries Q2 2026: Net sales $1.43B (+25% YoY), EPS $1.13, dividend raised to $0.175
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- Net sales $1.43B vs $1.14B (+25% YoY); operating income $310M vs $304M.
- Diluted EPS $1.13 (adjusted for 2-for-1 stock split) vs $1.11; dividend raised to $0.175/share from $0.125.
- Completed acquisitions: Bison Metals Technologies ($138.3M) and Chicago Extruded Metals; Bison had record Q2.
- Cash and short-term investments $1.42B; current ratio 4.8:1; net cash from ops $212.3M.
- COMEX copper avg $6.16/lb (+30.6% YoY); unit volume growth in all three segments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000029/0000089439-26-000029-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943926000029/mli-20260721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-26-000029

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