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Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) vs Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)

Badger Meter, Inc. and Mesa Laboratories, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Badger Meter, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.8B against $769.4M — 4.9× the size. Badger Meter, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 30.2× against 156×. Mesa Laboratories, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.04% against 0.80%. Badger Meter, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.3% vs 1.92%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.4% vs 4.67%). Both pay a dividend; Badger Meter, Inc. yields more (0.72% vs 0.69%). Across the 23 metrics below, Badger Meter, Inc. leads on 14 and Mesa Laboratories, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BMI MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 30.18 155.86 35.93
P/S 4.27 3.04 4.46
P/B 5.51 4.02 3.00
Price to free cash flow 25.02 14.34 24.96
EV/EBITDA 18.31 19.16 19.60
EV/Sales 4.16 3.49 4.98
Earnings yield 3.31% 0.64% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 4.00% 6.97% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric BMI MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.31% 64.21% 45.75%
Operating margin 18.58% 9.00% 7.34%
Net margin 14.27% 1.92% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 17.06% 21.17% 5.84%
Return on equity 18.48% 2.66% 2.87%
Return on assets 13.00% 1.12% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 17.42% 4.67% 3.88%

Growth

Metric BMI MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 3.04% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 436.11% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.59% 13.22% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.48% 15.44% 0.00%

Health

Metric BMI MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.76 0.00
Current ratio 2.42 1.79 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 2.98 0.44

Dividend

Metric BMI MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 0.72% 0.69% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.34 1.88 0.00

Size

Metric BMI MLAB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 3.79b 769.43m 483.67m

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