Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 · Mkt capMarket cap $5.94B · View financials
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
FY 2025 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: QLYS stock price vs MLI: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at MLI's multiple
Needs MLI P/E.
Implied fair value · at QLYS's multiple
Needs QLYS P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: QLYS FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · MLI FY 2025 (ended Dec 27, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Five fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 98% equity / 2% debt · EV / Revenue 8.64x · EV / EBITDA 23.19x
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 3.07x · EV / EBITDA 11.85x
MLI carries the larger enterprise value at $12.81B against $5.78B; MLI trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (3.07x vs 8.64x); MLI on the lower EV / EBITDA (11.85x vs 23.19x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Qualys, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.17x
0.03x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.62x
-1.19x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$250.26M
$1.39B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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