NYSE:BMIBadger Meter Stock Price, Forecast & News

Badger Meter's stock was trading at $56.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BMI stock has increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $62.60.
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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) posted its 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 earned $91.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $98.66 million. Badger Meter had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 11.15%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 EPS.
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Badger Meter announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th.
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Badger Meter shares 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.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Badger Meter's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $71.00. On average, they anticipate Badger Meter's share price to reach $60.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%.
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News stories about BMI stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Badger Meter saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,570,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the June 30th total of 1,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 155,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.1 days. Approximately 5.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.56%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.05%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.71%), Belpointe Asset Management LLC (0.38%), UBS Group AG (0.32%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.24%). 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, First Trust Advisors LP, Belpointe Asset Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 bought 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, UBS Group AG, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Creative Planning, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..
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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 $62.60.

Badger Meter has a market capitalization of $1.82 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]