Badger Meter (BMI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Badger Meter in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BMI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BMI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Badger Meter's stock. Their BMI share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $152.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $121.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.3%.
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Badger Meter's stock was trading at $109.03 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BMI stock has increased by 33.0% and is now trading at $145.00.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 20th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.11. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $159.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $142.73 million. Badger Meter had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.45% and a net margin of 12.08%. Badger Meter's quarterly revenue was up 20.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share.

Badger Meter declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Tuesday, June 6th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 25th.
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Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.63%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 30 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BMI will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.93% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Badger Meter split on the morning of Friday, September 16th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 12th 2016. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, September 15th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

21 employees have rated Badger Meter Chief Executive Officer Ken Bockhorst on Glassdoor.com. Ken Bockhorst has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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Badger Meter trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BMI."

Badger Meter's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.50%), State Street Corp (6.03%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (3.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.74%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.65%) and Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (2.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Fred J Begale, Gail A Lione, Gregory M Gomez, Kimberly K Stoll and William R A Bergum.
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Shares of BMI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BMI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $145.00.

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) has a market capitalization of $4.25 billion and generates $565.57 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $66.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,976 workers across the globe.

Badger Meter's mailing address is 4545 WEST BROWN DEER ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI, 53223. The official website for the company is www.badgermeter.com. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (414) 355-0400, via email at investors@badgermeter.com, or via fax at 414-355-7499.