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 $3.7B against $990.9M — 3.7× the size. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 15.3× against 29.6×. 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 (6.04% vs 1.29%). 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 29.62 15.34 33.25
P/S 4.19 2.50 4.50
P/B 5.40 4.36 2.90
Price to free cash flow 24.55 12.21 24.81
EV/EBITDA 17.96 8.37 17.92
EV/Sales 4.08 2.24 4.71
Earnings yield 3.38% 6.52% 0.60%
Free cash flow yield 4.07% 8.19% 1.27%

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% 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 8.15% 11.47%
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 1.29% 6.04% 0.58%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.93 0.36

Size

Metric BMI ITRN Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 3.68b 990.89m 444.25m

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