Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) vs Vontier Corporation (VNT)

Badger Meter, Inc. and Vontier Corporation are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Vontier Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $3.8B — 1.1× the size. Vontier Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 13.0× against 30.2×. Vontier Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.88% against 0.80%. Badger Meter, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.3% vs 11.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.4% vs 14.3%). Both pay a dividend; Badger Meter, Inc. yields more (0.72% vs 0.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, Vontier Corporation leads on 12 and Badger Meter, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 30.18 12.95 35.93
P/S 4.27 1.43 4.46
P/B 5.51 3.66 3.00
Price to free cash flow 25.02 11.41 24.96
EV/EBITDA 18.31 8.23 19.60
EV/Sales 4.16 1.87 4.98
Earnings yield 3.31% 7.72% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 4.00% 8.76% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.31% 47.18% 45.75%
Operating margin 18.58% 18.79% 7.34%
Net margin 14.27% 11.34% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 17.06% 12.55% 5.84%
Return on equity 18.48% 28.90% 2.87%
Return on assets 13.00% 8.28% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 17.42% 14.25% 3.88%

Growth

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 0.88% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 0.36% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.59% 2.60% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.48% 3.50% 0.00%

Health

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.33 0.00
Current ratio 2.42 1.25 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 1.60 0.44

Dividend

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 0.72% 0.14% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.05 0.00

Size

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 3.79b 4.18b 483.67m

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