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Badger Meter (BMI) Competitors

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$175.24 -2.00 (-1.13%)
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BMI vs. BLKB, CDNS, DBX, FLEX, GOOGL, IDCC, IRDM, WWD, ANET, and WTS

Should you be buying Badger Meter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Badger Meter include Blackbaud (BLKB), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Dropbox (DBX), Flex (FLEX), Alphabet (GOOGL), InterDigital (IDCC), Iridium Communications (IRDM), Woodward (WWD), Arista Networks (ANET), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS).

Badger Meter vs. Its Competitors

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Badger Meter has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Blackbaud's net margin of -24.82%. Blackbaud's return on equity of 61.72% beat Badger Meter's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Badger Meter15.53% 21.57% 15.71%
Blackbaud -24.82%61.72%5.07%

Badger Meter has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbaud has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Blackbaud shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Badger Meter currently has a consensus price target of $237.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.25%. Blackbaud has a consensus price target of $78.67, indicating a potential upside of 19.16%. Given Badger Meter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Badger Meter is more favorable than Blackbaud.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Badger Meter
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Blackbaud
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Badger Meter has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blackbaud. Blackbaud is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Badger Meter$826.56M6.25$124.94M$4.5938.18
Blackbaud$1.16B2.77-$283.17M-$5.78-11.42

In the previous week, Badger Meter had 7 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Badger Meter and 2 mentions for Blackbaud. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Blackbaud's score of 0.86 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Badger Meter
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Blackbaud
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Badger Meter beats Blackbaud on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BMI vs. The Competition

MetricBadger MeterINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.16B$2.98B$32.21B$21.66B
Dividend Yield0.90%1.06%3.15%3.51%
P/E Ratio38.1827.32452.7130.08
Price / Sales6.252.951,862.1261.19
Price / Cash33.1517.3935.7318.30
Price / Book8.503.607.334.64
Net Income$124.94M$91.11M$810.65M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.14%1.79%3.60%0.98%
1 Month Performance-7.64%-4.94%7.46%2.77%
1 Year Performance-20.02%16.63%24,212.85%15.20%

Badger Meter Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMI
Badger Meter
4.7481 of 5 stars
$175.24
-1.1%
$237.00
+35.2%
-18.4%$5.16B$826.56M38.182,210Positive News
BLKB
Blackbaud
3.897 of 5 stars
$66.72
+0.3%
$78.67
+17.9%
-21.3%$3.24B$1.16B-11.542,600
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.5934 of 5 stars
$373.37
+0.0%
$364.33
-2.4%
+36.4%$101.74B$4.64B100.9112,700Positive News
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DBX
Dropbox
2.9543 of 5 stars
$30.91
+1.0%
$29.67
-4.0%
+25.1%$8.34B$2.53B18.852,204
FLEX
Flex
2.93 of 5 stars
$59.01
+0.6%
$53.71
-9.0%
+79.2%$22.15B$26.07B25.88147,979Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9916 of 5 stars
$252.53
-0.9%
$231.31
-8.4%
+54.4%$3.05T$350.02B26.89183,323Trending News
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IDCC
InterDigital
1.6886 of 5 stars
$346.49
+3.5%
$350.00
+1.0%
+150.1%$8.94B$868.52M24.70420Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
IRDM
Iridium Communications
4.9653 of 5 stars
$18.13
+0.3%
$30.67
+69.1%
-38.0%$1.92B$830.68M18.31660
WWD
Woodward
4.2484 of 5 stars
$240.56
+1.0%
$253.11
+5.2%
+43.2%$14.43B$3.32B38.069,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ANET
Arista Networks
4.8166 of 5 stars
$145.51
-2.7%
$157.88
+8.5%
+51.4%$182.89B$7.00B57.234,412Positive News
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.3259 of 5 stars
$280.28
-0.2%
$253.80
-9.4%
+36.7%$9.35B$2.25B30.144,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BMI) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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