NYSE:BMIBadger Meter Stock Price, Forecast & News

Badger Meter's stock was trading at $56.81 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BMI shares have increased by 17.5% and is now trading at $66.74.
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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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Badger Meter is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 15th 2020.
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Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 16th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.02. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $91.16 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $98.66 million. Badger Meter had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 11.15%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS.
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Badger Meter declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, September 11th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 27th. This is an increase from Badger Meter's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17.
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Badger Meter's stock split on Friday, September 16th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 12th 2016. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, September 15th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of Badger Meter stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

5 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Badger Meter's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $71.00. On average, they expect Badger Meter's stock price to reach $60.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.7%.
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Press coverage about BMI stock has trended neutral on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Badger Meter earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Badger Meter saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,570,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the July 15th total of 1,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 155,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.1 days. Approximately 5.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 shareholders include Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.56%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.05%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.84%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.71%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.47%) and Belpointe Asset Management LLC (0.38%). Company insiders that own Badger Meter stock include Beverly L P Smiley, Fred J Begale, Gregory M Gomez, Horst Gras, Kimberly K Stoll, Raymond G Serdynski, Richard A Meeusen and Richard E Johnson.
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BMI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copeland Capital Management LLC, ProShare Advisors LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Principal Financial Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Belpointe Asset Management LLC, and US Bancorp DE. Company insiders that have sold Badger Meter company stock in the last year include Fred J Begale, Gregory M Gomez, and Richard A Meeusen.
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BMI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Strs Ohio, SG Americas Securities LLC, RMB Capital Management LLC, Swiss National Bank, UBS Group AG, and Congress Asset Management Co. MA.
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Shares of BMI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BMI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.74.

Badger Meter has a market capitalization of $1.94 billion and generates $424.63 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $47.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis. Badger Meter employs 1,567 workers across the globe.

The official website for Badger Meter is www.badgermeter.com.

Badger Meter's mailing address is 4545 WEST BROWN DEER ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI, 53223. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at 414-355-0400 or via email at [email protected]