NYSE:BMIBadger Meter Stock Price, Forecast & News

Badger Meter's stock was trading at $56.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BMI shares have increased by 11.9% and is now trading at $63.55. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 16th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.05. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $108.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $106.67 million. Badger Meter had a return on equity of 14.76% and a net margin of 11.26%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.37 earnings per share. View Badger Meter's earnings history.

Badger Meter announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th. 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 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Badger Meter's stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $71.00. On average, they expect Badger Meter's stock price to reach $58.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.7%. View analysts' price targets for Badger Meter.

Media coverage about BMI stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Badger Meter earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Badger Meter.

Badger Meter saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,460,000 shares, a drop of 5.8% from the May 31st total of 1,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 196,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.4 days. Approximately 5.1% of the company's stock are short sold. 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."

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One share of BMI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.55.

Badger Meter has a market capitalization of $1.85 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]