Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) vs Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (ITRN)

Badger Meter, Inc. and Ituran Location and Control Ltd. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Badger Meter, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.8B against $1.0B — 3.7× the size. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 16.0× against 30.2×. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against 0.80%. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the higher net margin (16.3% vs 14.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.0% vs 17.4%). Both pay a dividend; Ituran Location and Control Ltd. yields more (2.66% vs 0.72%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads on 19 and Badger Meter, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 30.18 15.98 35.93
P/S 4.27 2.60 4.46
P/B 5.51 4.54 3.00
Price to free cash flow 25.02 12.72 24.96
EV/EBITDA 18.31 8.76 19.60
EV/Sales 4.16 2.34 4.98
Earnings yield 3.31% 6.26% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 4.00% 7.86% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.31% 49.95% 45.75%
Operating margin 18.58% 21.83% 7.34%
Net margin 14.27% 16.28% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 17.06% 20.47% 5.84%
Return on equity 18.48% 30.72% 2.87%
Return on assets 13.00% 16.57% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 17.42% 44.04% 3.88%

Growth

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 15.79% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 8.15% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.59% 7.89% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.48% 29.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 2.42 2.03 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) (1.12) 0.44

Dividend

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 0.72% 2.66% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.27 0.00

Size

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 3.79b 1.03b 483.67m

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