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 stock has increased by 11.1% and is now trading at $63.11. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Badger Meter is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Badger Meter.

Badger Meter will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 16th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 16th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.05. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $108.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $106.67 million. Badger Meter had a return on equity of 14.76% and a net margin of 11.26%. Badger Meter's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.37 earnings per share. View Badger Meter's earnings history.

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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. View Badger Meter's dividend history.

Shares of Badger Meter split before market open on Friday, September 16th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 12th 2016. The newly minted shares were issued 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.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Badger Meter's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $71.00. On average, they expect Badger Meter's share price to reach $58.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.1%. View analysts' price targets for Badger Meter.

News articles about BMI stock have trended extremely negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Badger Meter earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Badger Meter.

Badger Meter saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,460,000 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the May 31st total of 1,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 196,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.4 days. Currently, 5.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Badger Meter's Current Options Chain.

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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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.24%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC (0.01%). 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, 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, 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. View insider buying and selling activity for Badger Meter.

BMI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $63.11.

Badger Meter has a market capitalization of $1.84 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]