Badger Meter Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BMI)

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

Badger Meter announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 29th. This is a boost from Badger Meter's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Badger Meter's Dividend History.

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 minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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.

Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.08. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $103.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $117.11 million. Badger Meter had a net margin of 8.57% and a return on equity of 15.45%. Badger Meter's revenue for the quarter was down 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.42 earnings per share. View Badger Meter's Earnings History.

Badger Meter is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Badger Meter.

Badger Meter will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 17th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Badger Meter's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Badger Meter's stock price to reach $53.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Badger Meter.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Badger Meter in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Badger Meter.

Press coverage about BMI stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Badger Meter earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Badger Meter.

Badger Meter saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,880,000 shares, an increase of 19.0% from the August 30th total of 2,420,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 163,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 17.6 days. Currently, 10.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Badger Meter's Current Options Chain.

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Badger Meter's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Badger Meter stock include Beverly L P Smiley, Fred J Begale, Gale E Klappa, Gregory M Gomez, Horst Gras, Kimberly K Stoll, Raymond G Serdynski, Richard A Meeusen, Richard E Johnson and Todd J Teske. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Badger Meter.

BMI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Badger Meter company stock in the last year include Beverly L P Smiley, Horst Gras, Kimberly K Stoll, Raymond G Serdynski, Richard A Meeusen and Richard E Johnson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Badger Meter.

BMI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Badger Meter.

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 $52.73.

Badger Meter has a market capitalization of $1.53 billion and generates $433.73 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $27.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.54 on an earnings per share basis. Badger Meter employs 1,531 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Badger Meter.

The official website for Badger Meter is http://www.badgermeter.com/.

Badger Meter's mailing address is 4545 WEST BROWN DEER ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI, 53233. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at 414-355-0400 or via email at [email protected]