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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 $4.6B — 1.5× the size. ESCO Technologies Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.0× against 36.3×. ESCO Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 34.3% against −2.21%. ESCO Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (24.4% vs 14.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.76% vs 17.7%). Both pay a dividend; Badger Meter, Inc. yields more (1.04% vs 0.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, ESCO Technologies Inc. leads on 14 and Badger Meter, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 36.26 18.99 28.21
P/S 5.15 4.63 4.46
P/B 6.96 3.69 3.10
Price to free cash flow 31.85 30.38 24.15
EV/EBITDA 21.98 19.38 18.28
EV/Sales 5.07 4.64 4.64
Earnings yield 2.76% 5.27% 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.14% 3.29% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.64% 42.01% 47.24%
Operating margin 18.76% 15.66% 8.96%
Net margin 14.36% 24.39% 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.16% 15.23% 10.59%
Return on equity 18.70% 21.39% 2.66%
Return on assets 13.17% 12.73% 1.12%
Return on invested capital 17.72% 7.76% 4.79%

Growth

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.21%) 34.33% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 193.15% 13.24%
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 2.48 1.38 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 0.34 0.45

Dividend

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 1.04% 0.14% 0.62%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.03 0.22

Size

Metric BMI ESE Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.56b 7.00b 549.07m

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