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 $5.4B against $4.6B — 1.2× the size. Vontier Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 17.0× against 36.3×. Vontier Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.29% against −2.21%. Badger Meter, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.4% vs 11.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.7% vs 14.5%). Both pay a dividend; Badger Meter, Inc. yields more (1.04% vs 0.24%). 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 36.26 17.05 28.21
P/S 5.15 1.86 4.46
P/B 6.96 4.67 3.10
Price to free cash flow 31.85 13.61 24.15
EV/EBITDA 21.98 9.98 18.28
EV/Sales 5.07 2.30 4.64
Earnings yield 2.76% 5.87% 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.14% 7.35% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.64% 47.24% 47.24%
Operating margin 18.76% 19.41% 8.96%
Net margin 14.36% 11.28% 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.16% 13.65% 10.59%
Return on equity 18.70% 28.04% 2.66%
Return on assets 13.17% 8.14% 1.12%
Return on invested capital 17.72% 14.51% 4.79%

Growth

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.21%) 0.29% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% 0.36% 13.24%
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 1.31 0.00
Current ratio 2.48 1.23 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 1.60 0.45

Dividend

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 1.04% 0.24% 0.62%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.04 0.22

Size

Metric BMI VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.56b 5.39b 549.07m

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