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Badger Meter Inc (NYSE: BMI) closed the day trading at $204.8 down -16.48% from the previous closing price of $245.22. In other words, the price has decreased by -$16.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.33 million shares were traded. BMI stock price reached its highest trading level at $228.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $204.55.
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 36.51 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 37.69. 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 7222538240 and an Enterprise Value of 7091182080. As of this moment, Badger’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 44.59, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 37.30. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.95. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.90 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.318 whereas that against EBITDA is 34.892.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BMI is 0.85, which has changed by 0.018348217 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16260707 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 -15.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.62%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BMI traded about 230.48K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BMI traded about 328400 shares per day. A total of 29.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 29.32M. Insiders hold about 0.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.02% stake in the company. Shares short for BMI as of 1751241600 were 2030418 with a Short Ratio of 8.81, compared to 1748563200 on 2072715. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2030418 and a Short% of Float of 10.17.
Dividends & Splits
BMI’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.36, up from 0.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The 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.
