Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MWA scored 68.2, GEV scored 69.4 — GEV leads.
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MWA
Mueller Water Products, Inc.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · Quality-Growth
68.2
$21.67 · $3.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.2
GEV leads
GEV
GE Vernova Inc.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · Quality-Growth
69.4
$1,004.73 · $267.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMWA15.2x
Fastest growthGEV+13.0%
Strongest balance sheetGEV0.28
Highest qualityGEV80 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
MWA
stronger →← stronger
GEV
75
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
80
62
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
84
68
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
49
GEV is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MWA
GEV
$180mC
FCF
$12.4bA-
+5.9%C+
Rev
+13.0%B+
0.40B+
D/E
0.28A-
15.2xA-
P/E
28.8xB
0.91B+
PEG
1.96C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
MWA
GEV
21% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
15% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~12%/yr
-20%
1-yr DCF upside
-23%
-18%
5-yr DCF upside
-13%
-14%
10-yr DCF upside
+3%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · market cap $3.4b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $31.00 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.91 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $28.67 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Down 30% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · market cap $267.6b. 16% off the 52-week high of $1195.94. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 33 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $1,225 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
Net margin 23% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 80% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 131% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($14.2b) that doesn't repeat every year.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where MWA and GEV diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.2 points in favor of GEV. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthMWA 61.9 · GEV 84.2GEV +22.3
ValueMWA 68.4 · GEV 49.4MWA +19.0
QualityMWA 75.0 · GEV 80.5GEV +5.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is GEV or MWA the better stock?
GEV scores higher: GEV 69.4, MWA 68.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do GEV and MWA differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where GEV leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are GEV and MWA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.