$8.00

0.38 (4.99%)

7/8/2008 4:04 PM

Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA-B)

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A North American manufacturer of water infrastructure and flow control products for use in water distribution networks, water and wastewater treatment facilities, gas distribution systems and fire protection piping systems.

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Small Cap (1922), Water Utilities (20), Water Infrastructure (14)
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Mueller Water Products, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$8.00
Last Trade Time:	7/8/2008 4:04 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$8.00
Daily Range:	$7.64 - $8.11
52-Week Range:	$7.32 - $15.00
Volume:	374,275
Market Cap:	$686.76M
P/E Ratio:	16.63
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1 Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA-B)

Avatar bflochp (45.76) Submitted: 8/15/07 8:15 PM

When you cannot: wash your car, water the lawn, have long hot showers, fill your pool or hot tub,
etc., you got to stop and wonder. Where will the flowers come from? Who will grow the food you need (not want) and where is the beer gonna come from and at what price? Ya can ride a bike, walk and...More

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2 Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA-B)

Avatar bikerlizzy (< 20) Submitted: 8/09/07 8:55 PM

The success of this stock depends upon the ability of municipalities to appropriately allocate limited tax funds to something that is long-term and boring. Not likely.

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Recs 0 (MWA-B) tagmusic (63.57) Submitted: 7/08/08 11:00 AM : Start Price: $7.88 MWA-B Score: -0.47 I'm thirsty! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MWA-B) stockpimpin (< 20) Submitted: 6/13/08 9:47 PM : Start Price: $9.16 MWA-B Score: -5.99 trust me Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MWA-B) EnigmaDude (97.85) Submitted: 6/02/08 10:22 AM : Start Price: $9.26 MWA-B Score: -5.22 Been watching this one for a while. Long-term outperform. Hold for at least 6 months. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MWA-B) binv271828 (< 20) Submitted: 5/30/08 5:32 PM : Start Price: $9.86 MWA-B Score: -10.63 Water play. Water is a valuable resource and will only become more valuable (unless populations start declining). Has business in both water distribtution and wastewater handling. I also like the fire protection piping aspect, adds a bit more diversification. Speculative for this stock (have not done much DD) but I like the industry a lot. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MWA-B) austinhippie (< 20) Submitted: 5/24/08 3:20 PM : Start Price: $10.99 MWA-B Score: -13.47 Hi Everyone, I am curious about the Price to Earnings ratio for this company. I do not understand how to account for the difference in PE reported on the CAPS pages for MWA-B verses MWA. The B shares are reported as having a PE of about 16 and the A shares as having a PE of about 56. Can anyone explain this to me. One of my disciplines in my own investing is questioning whether to own a stock when its PE gets to 45, and picking a sell point when it gets much above 50. Assuming that the only earnings we can count on are the current ones, it makes no sense to have to own a stock for 45 or more years before it earns what you paid for it. I prefer present values in what I buy and tend to look for better values in cases with ridiculously high PEs. But is this the current case with MWA-B or with MWA? Please help. Thanks, Austinhippie Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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	TrackDreman	94.71	09/30/07 09/30/07		NS	$11.00	-27.27%	-16.63%	-10.64
	TrackBerkowitz	76.20	09/30/07 09/30/07		NS	$11.00	-27.27%	-16.63%	-10.64
	TrackJohnKeeley	91.17	09/30/07 09/30/07		NS	$11.00	-27.27%	-16.63%	-10.64

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