Contrasting IMI (OTCMKTS:IMIAY) & Paul Mueller (OTCMKTS:MUEL)

Paul Mueller (OTCMKTS:MUEL) and IMI (OTCMKTS:IMIAY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Dividends

Paul Mueller pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. IMI pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Paul Mueller pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Paul Mueller and IMI, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paul Mueller	0	0	0	0	0.00
IMI	0	1	2	0	2.67

Profitability

This table compares Paul Mueller and IMI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paul Mueller	10.09%	31.78%	14.90%
IMI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Paul Mueller has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Paul Mueller and IMI”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paul Mueller	$287.00 million	1.43	$34.68 million	$35.26	12.93
IMI	$2.57 billion	1.79	$269.93 million	N/A	N/A

IMI has higher revenue and earnings than Paul Mueller.

Summary

IMI beats Paul Mueller on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paul Mueller

Paul Mueller Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides manufactured equipment and components in the United States, North America, Asia, the Far East, the Netherlands, EU countries, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four reportable segments: Dairy Farm Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Field Fabrication, and Transportation. The Dairy Farm Equipment segment offers milk cooling and storage equipment and accessories, refrigeration units, and heat recovery equipment for use on dairy farms to independent dealers for resale, and directly to farmers; and services for farmers, as well as milk coolers for rent to farmers. The Industrial Equipment segment sells food, beverage, chemical, and industrial processing equipment; and biopharmaceutical and pure water equipment, as well as stainless steel, alloy processing, storage tanks, and heat transfer products. The Field Fabrication segment sells large, field-fabricated tanks and vessels, such as stainless steel storage tanks for sanitary and industrial process applications. The Transportation segment offers delivery of products to customers; backhauls of materials and components; and contract carriage for third parties. It serves its products in various industries, including animal health, beverage, brewing, chemical, dairy farm, dairy processing, food, heat transfer, HVAC, industrial construction, oil and gas, personal care, pharmaceutical, pure water, tank fabrication, and wine. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri.

About IMI

IMI plc, a specialist engineering company, designs, manufactures, and services engineered products worldwide. The company operates through three divisions: IMI Precision Engineering, IMI Critical Engineering, and IMI Hydronic Engineering. The IMI Precision Engineering division develops motion and fluid control technologies for industrial automation, commercial vehicle, life sciences, energy, and rail applications. This division offers actuators, air preparation products, pressure switches, and fittings; pneumatic, hydraulic, electric, and vacuum motion solutions; solenoid valves, angle-seat valves, motorized valves, and systems for dust filters; miniature fluid control solutions; precise and accurate syringes, syringe pumps, and rotary valves; cab chassis, powertrain solutions, stainless steel valves and regulators, and emergency shutdown controls; and stainless steel valves and regulators, nuclear class valves, and emergency shutdown controls. It provides its products under the Norgren, Bimba, Buschjost, FAS, Herion, Kloehn, Adaptas, and Maxseal brands. The IMI Critical Engineering division offers specialized valves and actuators to the fossil power, oil and gas, petrochemical, nuclear, marine, and pharmaceutical markets under the IMI Bopp & Reuther, IMI CCI, IMI Fluid Kinetics, IMI NH, IMI Orton, IMI Remosa, IMI STI, IMI TH Jansen, IMI Thompson Valves, IMI Truflo Marine, IMI Truflo Rona, IMI PBM, and IMI Z&J brands. The IMI Hydronic Engineering division provides products for hydronic distribution systems, which deliver heating and cooling systems to the residential and commercial building sectors. This segment offers balancing and control solutions, thermostatic control systems, and pressure maintenance systems, dirt and air separators, and pressure step degassers under the IMI Pneumatex, IMI TA, IMI Flow Design, IMI Heimeier, and IMI Aero-Dynamiek brands. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.