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. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 29th. This is an increase from Badger Meter's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Badger Meter's Dividend History.

Badger Meter's stock split on 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 Badger Meter stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 18th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last 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 Wednesday, October 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Badger Meter.

5 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Badger Meter's shares. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Badger Meter's share price to reach $51.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%. 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.

News stories about BMI stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Badger Meter earned a news impact score of -1.3 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 impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Badger Meter.

Badger Meter saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,897,500 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the July 15th total of 1,669,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 156,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 12.1 days. Approximately 6.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Badger Meter's Current Options Chain.

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Badger Meter's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.90%), BlackRock Inc. (14.91%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.35%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (4.61%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (3.49%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.59%). 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 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Natixis Advisors L.P., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Gabelli Funds LLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Royal Bank of Canada, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP and RK Capital Management LLC. 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 $54.57.

Badger Meter has a market capitalization of $1.59 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]