How to buy Badger Meter stock (BMI)

Badger Meter is a scientific & technical instruments business based in the US. Badger Meter shares (BMI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $217.72 – a decrease of 3.8% over the previous week. Badger Meter employs 2,140 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $803.8 million.

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Badger Meter stock price (NYSE: BMI)

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Badger Meter shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$217.72
52-week range	$138.62 - $239.11
50-day moving average more info button	$217.57
200-day moving average more info button	$195.81
Wall St. target price	$218.02
PE ratio more info button	54.3193
Dividend yield more info button	$1.15 (0.56%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$4.04

Is it a good time to buy Badger Meter stock?

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Badger Meter price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $218.46 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.47%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-0.35%
3 months (2024-09-20)	0.64%
6 months (2024-06-21)	15.95%

1 year (2023-12-21)	43.38%
2 years (2022-12-21)	96.13%
3 years (2021-12-21)	115.88%
5 years (2019-12-20)	247.49%

Is Badger Meter stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Badger Meter stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Badger Meter's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Badger Meter's P/E ratio

Badger Meter's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 54x. In other words, Badger Meter shares trade at around 54x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Badger Meter's PEG ratio

Badger Meter's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.29. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Badger Meter's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Badger Meter's EBITDA

Badger Meter's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $182 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Badger Meter's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Badger Meter financials

Revenue TTM	$803.8 million
Operating margin TTM	19.48%
Gross profit TTM	$220 million
Return on assets TTM	12.62%
Return on equity TTM	21.95%
Profit margin	14.8%
Book value	$20.10
Market Capitalization more info button	$6.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Badger Meter share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 30.27% of net profits

Recently Badger Meter has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Badger Meter shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Badger Meter's case, that would currently equate to about $1.15 per share.

While Badger Meter's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Badger Meter may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Badger Meter's most recent dividend payout was on 5 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Badger Meter's shares ever split?

Badger Meter's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 15 September 2016 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Badger Meter shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Badger Meter shares which in turn could have impacted Badger Meter's share price.

Badger Meter share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Badger Meter's shares have ranged in value from as little as $138.6216 up to $239.1054. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Badger Meter's is 0.782. This would suggest that Badger Meter's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Badger Meter overview

Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement, quality, control, and communication solutions worldwide. It offers mechanical or static water meters, and related radio and software technologies and services to municipal water utilities market. The company also provides flow instrumentation products, including meters, valves, and other sensing instruments to measure and control fluids going through a pipe or pipeline, including water, air, steam, and other liquids and gases to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device within a product or system, as well as through manufacturers' representatives. In addition, the company offers ORION Cellular endpoints to power network as a service; ORION mobile read endpoints support for deploying AMR solution; radio products; hardware, instruments, and sensors, and related software, to enhance connected data to a water utility's operation; water quality monitoring solutions, including optical sensing and electrochemical instruments; and high frequency pressure and leak detection sensors to aid in burst pipe and leak events; as well as BEACON, a secure cloud-hosted software suite that establishes alerts for specific conditions and allows consumer engagement tools that permit end water customers to view and manage their water usage activity. Its flow instrumentation products are used in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and corporate sustainability markets. The company serves water utilities, commercial, and industrial industries; and provides training, project management, technical support, and other collaborative services for customers.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Badger Meter is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.485% of Badger Meter shares are held by insiders and 94.337% by institutions. How many people work for Badger Meter?
Latest data suggests 2,140 work at Badger Meter. When does the fiscal year end for Badger Meter?
Badger Meter's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Badger Meter based?
Badger Meter's address is: 4545 West Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 53224-9536 What is Badger Meter's ISIN number?
Badger Meter's international securities identification number is: US0565251081 What is Badger Meter's CUSIP number?
Badger Meter's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 056525108