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Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) vs ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE)

Badger Meter, Inc. and ESCO Technologies Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. ESCO Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.0B against $3.8B — 1.8× the size. ESCO Technologies Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.1× against 30.2×. ESCO Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 34.3% against 0.80%. ESCO Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (24.4% vs 14.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.76% vs 17.4%). Both pay a dividend; Badger Meter, Inc. yields more (0.72% vs 0.31%). Across the 23 metrics below, Badger Meter, Inc. leads on 14 and ESCO Technologies Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 30.18 22.09 35.93
P/S 4.27 5.38 4.46
P/B 5.51 4.30 3.00
Price to free cash flow 25.02 35.35 24.96
EV/EBITDA 18.31 22.54 19.60
EV/Sales 4.16 5.39 4.98
Earnings yield 3.31% 4.53% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 4.00% 2.83% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.31% 42.01% 45.75%
Operating margin 18.58% 15.66% 7.34%
Net margin 14.27% 24.39% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 17.06% 15.23% 5.84%
Return on equity 18.48% 21.39% 2.87%
Return on assets 13.00% 12.73% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 17.42% 7.76% 3.88%

Growth

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 34.33% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 193.15% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.59% 8.44% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.48% 24.66% 0.00%

Health

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 2.42 1.38 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 0.34 0.44

Dividend

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 0.72% 0.31% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.09 0.00

Size

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 3.79b 6.95b 483.67m

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