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Badger Meter Inc (NYSE: BMI) closed the day trading at $193.01 up 1.68% from the previous closing price of $189.82. In other words, the price has increased by $1.68 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.5 million shares were traded. BMI stock price reached its highest trading level at $195.335 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $188.75.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BMI, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 34.43 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 35.54. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.17 and its Current Ratio is at 3.23. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
On March 27, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $251.
Maxim Group reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on October 18, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $216 to $235.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 05 ’25 when Bauer Karen M. sold 1,147 shares for $209.74 per share. The transaction valued at 240,572 led to the insider holds 5,076 shares of the business.
Bockhorst Kenneth sold 16,073 shares of BMI for $3,371,151 on Mar 05 ’25. The Chairman, President & CEO now owns 34,961 shares after completing the transaction at $209.74 per share. On Mar 05 ’25, another insider, Stoll Kimberly K, who serves as the VP-Sales & Marketing of the company, sold 1,376 shares for $209.74 each. As a result, the insider received 288,602 and left with 3,217 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BMI now has a Market Capitalization of 5687772672 and an Enterprise Value of 5522566656. As of this moment, Badger’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 42.03, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 35.96. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.42. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.51 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.39. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.319 whereas that against EBITDA is 26.637.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BMI is 0.83, which has changed by -0.060275555 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16932249 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BMI has reached a high of $256.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $162.17. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -19.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.82%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BMI traded about 265.37K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BMI traded about 520710 shares per day. A total of 29.47M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 29.33M. Insiders hold about 0.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.82% stake in the company. Shares short for BMI as of 1752537600 were 1909139 with a Short Ratio of 7.19, compared to 1749772800 on 2021078. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1909139 and a Short% of Float of 9.55.
Dividends & Splits
BMI’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.36, up from 1.36 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0071646823The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.72. The current Payout Ratio is 28.84% for BMI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-23 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-05-23. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-09-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Badger Meter Inc (BMI) is currently drawing attention from 8.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.16, with high estimates of $1.49 and low estimates of $1.02.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $5.5 and $4.52 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.79. EPS for the following year is $5.37, with 9.0 analysts recommending between $6.2 and $5.08.
Revenue Estimates
8 analysts predict $232.37M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $240M to a low estimate of $226.8M. As of the current estimate, Badger Meter Inc’s year-ago sales were $208.44MFor the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $233.21M. There is a high estimate of $241.4M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $227M.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BMI’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $938.2M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $917M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $925.82M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $826.56MBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.04B and the low estimate is $968M.
