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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 3 November 2026, Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) trades at a price to free cash flow of 30.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.0× (April 2020) to 67.7× (September 2018); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 28.5× and above the Technology sector median of 20.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 30.2× (30.98%)
FY2024 43.8× (6.20%)
FY2023 46.7× 11.53%
FY2022 41.9× 8.85%
FY2021 38.5× 13.30%
FY2020 33.9× 31.84%
FY2019 25.7× (6.71%)
FY2018 27.6× (30.35%)
FY2017 39.6× 69.44%
FY2016 23.4× (55.42%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 24.9× (12.99%)
Jun 2026 28.7× 8.90%
Mar 2026 26.3× (12.89%)
Dec 2025 30.2× (4.36%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.0× High 67.7×
Ten-year median 36.0×
Current reading's percentile 36

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 9.4×
ITRI Itron, Inc. compare 11.7×
VNT Vontier Corporation compare 13.3×
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 20.0×
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 30.2×
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. 30.8×
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 33.1×
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 36.8×
NOVT Novanta Inc. compare 55.3×
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 28.5×
Technology sector median 20.0×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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