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Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) vs Trimble Inc. (TRMB)

Badger Meter, Inc. and Trimble Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Trimble Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.0B against $3.7B — 3.8× the size. Trimble Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Badger Meter, Inc. trades at 30.6×. Trimble Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.80% against 0.80%. Badger Meter, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.3% vs −2.77%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.4% vs 6.32%). Across the 21 metrics below, Badger Meter, Inc. leads on 12 and Trimble Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BMI TRMB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 30.62 n/m 36.90
P/S 4.33 3.70 4.90
P/B 5.59 2.74 2.91
Price to free cash flow 25.38 18.28 25.13
EV/EBITDA 18.59 18.03 19.03
EV/Sales 4.22 4.03 4.88
Earnings yield 3.27% (0.78%) 0.54%
Free cash flow yield 3.94% 5.47% 1.13%

Profitability

Metric BMI TRMB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.31% 69.80% 45.75%
Operating margin 18.58% 16.99% 7.34%
Net margin 14.27% (2.77%) 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 17.06% 20.44% 5.84%
Return on equity 18.48% (1.94%) 2.87%
Return on assets 13.00% (1.19%) 0.99%
Return on invested capital 17.42% 6.32% 3.88%

Growth

Metric BMI TRMB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 5.80% 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% (71.10%) 11.47%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.59% 2.65% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.48% 1.69% 0.00%

Health

Metric BMI TRMB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.29 0.00
Current ratio 2.42 0.95 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 1.44 0.44

Dividend

Metric BMI TRMB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 1.25% — 0.52%
Payout ratio 0.38 — 0.36

Size

Metric BMI TRMB Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 3.70b 13.96b 449.89m

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