WinstonWınston
Badger Meter logo

Badger Meter

BMI
48
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$149.48
-1.68 (-1.11%)
Market Cap
$4.36B
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Badger Meter makes devices that measure how much water flows through pipes. Its main products are water meters and smart monitoring systems sold mostly to water utilities, municipalities, and industrial customers across the United States. The company is one of the leading makers of water meters in North America.

Badger Meter earns money by selling hardware meters and software subscriptions that help utilities track water usage and detect leaks in real time. It operates primarily in the US but also has some international sales, and it generates around $800 million in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from long-standing utility relationships and the difficulty customers face in switching out installed meter infrastructure. The key growth driver is the ongoing upgrade cycle as water utilities replace old mechanical meters with newer smart, connected systems that send data automatically — though any slowdown in municipal infrastructure spending would be a meaningful risk to that demand.

Winston Score History

Politician Trades

3 trades / 12mo

1 Congressional buy and 2 sells on BMI in the last 12 months.

Unlock the full Smart Money Map — every trade plotted on the price chart with politicians, amounts and returns since each trade. Founder's Deal is $57/mo locked for life.

Unlock politician trades

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-9.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-28.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$205M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Badger Meter's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+0.8% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 29.3M (2021) → 29.6M (2025)

Score breakdown

Every number that matters to educated investors.

Each metric is explained in plain language so you know exactly what you're looking at. Start your free trial now.

Quality

Gross Margin
41.7%
Healthy — 41.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
17.4%
Healthy — 17.4% operating margin
ROCE
5.1%
Weak — 5.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Growth

Sales YoY
+5.2%
Slow sales growth (5.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
-2.8%
Earnings shrinking (-2.8% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
141%
Turns 141% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
18.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
33.6x
Pricey — P/E 33.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+7.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (33.6 → 25.9)

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.07%
Small dividend — 1.07% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+17.6%
Dividend growing fast (17.6% YoY)

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free
🔒 See full fundamentals and if they are improving or declining — click here for your free trial now.
Start free trial