Mueller Industries Stock Options

MLI Stock  USD 79.49  1.29  1.65%   
Mueller Industries' latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.45 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.53 over 32 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025.

Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Mueller Industries' distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Mueller Industries' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Mueller Industries' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Mueller Industries Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-06-20 Option Contracts

Mueller Industries' max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Mueller Industries

Analyzing Mueller Industries' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Mueller Industries regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Mueller Industries' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Mueller Industries' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Mueller Industries' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Mueller Industries In The Money Call Balance

When Mueller Industries' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Mueller Industries stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Mueller Industries' options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Mueller Industries are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Mueller Current Options Market Mood

Mueller Industries' open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Mueller Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Mueller Industries' options investors are not very successful. Mueller Industries' option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Mueller contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Mueller Industries will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0281% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Mueller Industries trading at USD 79.49, that is roughly USD 0.0224. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Mueller Industries' daily price movement you should consider buying Mueller Industries options at the current volatility level of 0.45%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Mueller Industries options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Mueller calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Mueller Industries stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Mueller Industries Option Chain

When Mueller Industries' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Mueller Industries stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Mueller Industries' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Mueller. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Mueller. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Mueller Industries against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
MLI250620C001300000130.00.0 - 1.451.45Out
Call
MLI250620C001250000125.00.0 - 1.41.4Out
Call
MLI250620C001200005120.00.0 - 1.52.0Out
Call
MLI250620C00115000234115.00.0 - 1.60.28Out
Call
MLI250620C001100001110.00.0 - 1.61.4Out
Call
MLI250620C00105000183105.00.0 - 1.80.05Out
Call
MLI250620C0010000087100.00.6 - 1.11.3Out
Call
MLI250620C000950006095.01.05 - 1.71.6Out
Call
MLI250620C0009000048590.01.05 - 3.22.42Out
Call
MLI250620C0008500014785.02.95 - 4.13.82Out
Call
MLI250620C000800009480.04.2 - 7.48.35Out
Call
MLI250620C000750001475.06.0 - 10.110.9In
Call
MLI250620C00070000470.010.5 - 12.511.3In
Call
MLI250620C00060000360.018.3 - 21.627.3In
Call
MLI250620C000400001040.036.9 - 40.847.5In
 Put
MLI250620P001300000130.049.9 - 53.749.9In
 Put
MLI250620P001250000125.045.0 - 49.045.0In
 Put
MLI250620P001200000120.040.1 - 44.140.1In
 Put
MLI250620P001150000115.034.9 - 38.534.9In
 Put
MLI250620P001100000110.030.0 - 34.030.0In
 Put
MLI250620P001050000105.024.8 - 28.824.8In
 Put
MLI250620P001000009100.020.9 - 23.821.6In
 Put
MLI250620P000950002195.016.3 - 18.616.52In
 Put
MLI250620P000900002690.012.0 - 14.412.65In
 Put
MLI250620P000850007785.09.1 - 10.59.5In
 Put
MLI250620P0008000010880.05.2 - 8.55.5In
 Put
MLI250620P0007500025075.02.9 - 6.43.65Out
 Put
MLI250620P0007000012970.01.2 - 5.02.25Out
 Put
MLI250620P000650003365.00.15 - 2.651.9Out
 Put
MLI250620P000600005260.00.0 - 1.50.8Out
 Put
MLI250620P00055000255.00.0 - 2.550.6Out
 Put
MLI250620P00045000145.00.0 - 1.550.25Out

Mueller Industries Market Cap Over Time

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Mueller Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.91 Billion

As of now, Mueller Industries' Total Stockholder Equity is increasing as compared to previous years.

Mueller Industries Corporate Directors

Charles HerzogIndependent DirectorProfile
Gennaro FulvioIndependent DirectorProfile
Elizabeth DonovanIndependent DirectorProfile
Mark MillerchipExecutive Director - European OperationsProfile
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Is Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Mueller Industries. If investors know Mueller will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Mueller Industries listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.162
Dividend Share
0.8
Earnings Share
5.31
Revenue Per Share
33.835
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.261
The market value of Mueller Industries is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Mueller that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Mueller Industries' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Mueller Industries' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Mueller Industries' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Mueller Industries' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Mueller Industries' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Mueller Industries is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Mueller Industries' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.