MWA - Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Hold
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$29.75
DETAILS
HIGH:
$35.00
LOW:
$25.00
MEDIAN:
$29.50
CONSENSUS:
$29.75
UPSIDE:
22.03%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Platform & Compounding FCF
50% confidence
Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF
Adjust Assumptions
6.3%
11.0%
3.0%
Key Value Driver
FCF growth rate (6% base case)
Terminal Value % of EV
36%
Implied Market Multiple
21.4x
Market is pricing in (growth)
9.9%
vs our 6.3% base
Plain-Language Summary
Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 6% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $18.69 per share.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (21 analysts)
$29.75
Analyst Range
$25.00 – $35.00
Divergence from AlphaVal
37%
Warnings
Wall Street's average price target is $29.75 (from 21 analysts). Our estimate is 37% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.
Key Risks
- P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
- Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
- Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions