COMPANY SUMMARY
Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement, quality, control, and communication solutions worldwide. The company offers Utility water smart metering solutions and software technologies and services to municipal water utility market. It also provides flow instrumentation products, including meters, valves, and other sensing instruments to measure and control fluids, including water, air, steam, and other liquids and gases to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device within a product or system, as well as through manufacturers’ representatives. In addition, the company offers ORION Cellular endpoints to power network as a service; ORION mobile read endpoints support for deploying AMR solution; radio products; hardware, instruments, and sensors, and related software, to enhance connected data to a water utility's operation; water quality monitoring solutions, including optical sensing and electrochemical instruments; and high frequency pressure and leak detection sensors to aid in burst pipe and leak events; as well as BEACON, a secure cloud-hosted software suite that establishes alerts for specific conditions and allows consumer engagement tools that permit end water user to view and manage their water usage activity. Its flow instrumentation products are used in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and corporate sustainability markets. The company serves water utilities, commercial, and industrial industries; and provides training, project management, technical support, and other collaborative services for customers. It sells its products and software to employees, resellers, and representatives. The company was incorporated in 1905 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Financial Summary
| Share Statistics |
BMI |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Market Cap (Mil) |
$3,721.0 |
$1,168.0 |
63% |
|
| Shares Out (Mil) |
29.1 |
29.7 |
36% |
|
| Institutional Ownership |
99.5% |
79.8% |
89% |
|
| Float (Mil) |
28.8 |
41.1 |
35% |
|
| Beta |
0.64 |
1.10 |
38% |
|
| Avg Daily Volume (000s) |
442 |
175 |
54% |
|
Price Change (52-week) |
(28.1%) |
66.2% |
30% |
|
| Growth |
BMI |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Sales (5yr) |
16.6% |
4.4% |
76% |
|
| Net Income (5yr) |
23.5% |
2.4% |
78% |
|
| EPS (5yr) |
23.2% |
9.5% |
73 |
|
| Dividends (5yr) |
16.2% |
0.0% |
87% |
|
| Cash Flow (5yr) |
(37.5%) |
(14.9%) |
13% |
|
| Estimates |
Qtrly |
Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
| # of Estimates |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| Current EPS |
$1.224 |
$4.491 |
$4.968 |
| Month Ago EPS |
$1.223 |
$4.515 |
$4.981 |
| # Rev Up |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| # Rev Down |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Three Months Ago EPS |
$1.299 |
$4.645 |
$5.220 |
| Year/Year Chg |
20.0% |
(6.2%) |
18.4% |
| Financials |
BMI |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Sales (TTM) (Mil) |
$881 |
$568 |
49% |
|
| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) |
$126 |
$10 |
63% |
|
| EPS (TTM) |
$4.296 |
$0.300 |
84% |
|
| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) |
$167 |
$11 |
57% |
|
| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) |
($70) |
$4 |
17% |
|
| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) |
$24 |
$22 |
34% |
|
| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) |
$3,589 |
$1,154 |
57% |
|
| Valuation |
BMI |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| P/B |
5.45 |
2.48 |
81% |
|
| P/E |
30.0 |
31.7 |
71% |
|
| Dividend Yield |
1.2% |
0.0% |
68% |
|
| PEG (5yr hist) |
1.3 |
1.6 |
56% |
|
| Ratios |
BMI |
Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
| Gross Margin |
41.3% |
31.8% |
52% |
|
| Net Margin |
14.3% |
2.5% |
71% |
|
| ROA |
13.0% |
2.2% |
91% |
|
| ROE |
18.5% |
5.0% |
77% |
|
| Liabilities to Assets |
31.6% |
41.6% |
23% |
|
| F-Score |
5 |
5 |
50% |
|
Passing Stock Screens
As of 10/1/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
BMI meetings the criteria of 3 screen:
Stock Screen
GURU STRATEGY
Buffettology: EPS Growth
Factors: Quality, Growth
Buffett approach seeking consumer monopolies selling at a reasonable price.
GURU STRATEGY
Buffettology: Sustainable Growth Screen
Factors: Quality, Growth
Buffett approach seeking consumer monopolies selling at a reasonable price.
FACTOR STRATEGY
Dividend (High Relative Yield) Screen
Factors: Yield, Value, Growth
Using the dividend-yield approach to invest during volatile markets.