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Badger Meter

NYQ:BMI · US0565251081
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsMedium

360

50
Medium confidence — indicative
EV / EBIT48
Price / Owner Earnings47
Owner Earnings Yield74
Dividend Yield99
Price/Sales53
EV / Gross Profit40
Price/Book29
Return on Capital92
Cash Return on Capital96
Return on Equity82
EBIT Margin84
Gross Profitability75
Cash Conversion59
Accruals76
Owner Earnings Margin86
Sales growth10
Profit Growth50
Long-Term EPS Growth6
Owner Earnings Growth34
Reinvestment52
Price momentum7
Debt load66
Refinancing43
Debt Payback100
Liquidity1
Analyst ratings12
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside51
Market mood95
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Badger Meter clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1905
Employees989
Websitebadgermeter.com
ISINUS0565251081
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
Water PurificationSmart MetersIndustrial AutomationSensorsDetectors, Sensors and MemsProcess AutomationSmart Water Networks (SWN)Smart BuildingManufacturingProduct DesignWater

Description

Badger Meter, Inc. operates as an innovator, manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating flow measurement, quality, control and other system solutions serving markets worldwide. Products and Solutions With more than a century of water techn…

Analysis

Quality compounder

Badger Meter, Inc. earns the quality_compounder label: good underlying economics priced fairly, with no obvious bargain or excess.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 25.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is weak; the safety picture is uncertain. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
72
2023202420252026

All-time high

72

Mar 2026

All-time low

59

Jan 2023

Average rank

67

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
53
7
25
48
Price/Earnings
39
5
8
15
Price/Book
29
6
7
36
Dividend Yield
99
78
90
91
Value (overall)
81
13
30
59

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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