Badger Meter, Inc.

BMI Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments

Badger Meter, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $916.7 million, up 10.9% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.12%
EPS
+5.04%
Free cash flow
−16.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

166.07 13.49 +8.84%
Market cap
$4.4B
P/E
35.1×
Fwd P/E
33.0×
Dividend yield
1.07%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
14.75
Beneish M
−2.21
Dividend safety
96/100

Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) Operating margin

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Badger Meter, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 18.8%, down 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.2% (fiscal 2015) to 20.0% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 8.96% and above the Technology sector median of 0.31%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.0% 0.90
FY2024 19.1% 2.33
FY2023 16.8% 1.35
FY2022 15.4% (0.15)
FY2021 15.6% 0.27
FY2020 15.3% 0.67
FY2019 14.6% 1.53
FY2018 13.1% (0.95)
FY2017 14.1% 0.68
FY2016 13.4% 2.16

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 20.2% 2.52
Jun 2026 17.7% 0.32
Mar 2026 17.4% (2.12)
Dec 2025 19.5% (0.05)
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Against its own ten years

Low 11.2% High 20.0%
Ten-year median 15.3%
Current reading's percentile 86

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 21.9%
VNT Vontier Corporation compare 18.8%
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. 18.8%
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 17.0%
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 15.7%
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 15.7%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 15.1%
ITRI Itron, Inc. compare 13.7%
NOVT Novanta Inc. compare 8.96%
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 8.96%
Technology sector median 0.31%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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