TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ – Get Free Report) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares TOMI Environmental Solutions and Mueller Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TOMI Environmental Solutions | $5.64 million | 1.98 | -$3.75 million | ($0.50) | -2.75 |
| Mueller Industries | $4.18 billion | 3.23 | $765.19 million | $3.84 | 15.91 |
Risk & Volatility
TOMI Environmental Solutions has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
4.8% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares TOMI Environmental Solutions and Mueller Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TOMI Environmental Solutions | -49.77% | -326.81% | -44.61% |
| Mueller Industries | 18.25% | 25.68% | 21.80% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for TOMI Environmental Solutions and Mueller Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TOMI Environmental Solutions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Mueller Industries | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
TOMI Environmental Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 409.09%. Mueller Industries has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.79%. Given TOMI Environmental Solutions’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TOMI Environmental Solutions is more favorable than Mueller Industries.
Summary
Mueller Industries beats TOMI Environmental Solutions on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TOMI Environmental Solutions
TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a bacteria decontamination and infectious disease control company, engages in the provision of environmental solutions for indoor air and surface disinfection and decontamination in the United States and internationally. The company’s disinfection solutions include SteraPak portable disinfection systems, SteraMist select surface units, SteraMist environment systems, SteraMist total disinfection carts, SteraMist transport units, NV+ fogging disinfection and decontamination systems, SteraMist custom engineered systems, SteraMist Hybrid disinfection systems, SteraMist integrated systems, Stainless Steel 90-Degree applicators, SteraMist plasma decontamination chambers, and iHP Corporate Service Decontamination, which provides full room, equipment, facility, and emergency disinfection and decontamination services. It also manufactures, sells, services, and licenses SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog. The company’s products and services are used in hospitals and medical facilities, bio-safety labs, pharmaceutical facilities, meat and produce processing facilities, universities and research facilities, vivarium labs, and other service industries, including cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, military barracks, police and fire departments, prisons, and athletic facilities; and single-family homes and multi-unit residences. TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.
About Mueller Industries
Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; plumbing brass, valves, fittings, and gas assemblies; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. The Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; and insulated HVAC flexible duct systems. Mueller Industries, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.
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