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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

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

In the previous week, Badger Meter had 33 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Badger Meter and 3 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Badger Meter's score of 0.25 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Blackbaud
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Badger Meter
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Blackbaud shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Badger Meter has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Blackbaud's net margin of -25.05%. Blackbaud's return on equity of 38.58% beat Badger Meter's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Blackbaud-25.05% 38.58% 4.88%
Badger Meter 15.53%21.57%15.71%

Blackbaud currently has a consensus target price of $78.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.29%. Badger Meter has a consensus target price of $238.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.41%. Given Badger Meter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Badger Meter is more favorable than Blackbaud.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Blackbaud
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Badger Meter
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Badger Meter has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Blackbaud$1.16B2.75-$283.17M-$5.90-11.08
Badger Meter$826.56M6.88$124.94M$4.5942.09

Blackbaud has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Badger Meter beats Blackbaud on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BMI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BMI vs. The Competition

MetricBadger MeterINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.69B$2.99B$28.80B$21.13B
Dividend Yield0.71%1.00%3.01%3.58%
P/E Ratio42.0927.8134.1727.87
Price / Sales6.883.011,720.6359.63
Price / Cash35.9415.0338.7023.02
Price / Book8.403.807.794.69
Net Income$124.94M$91.13M$782.91M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-20.88%3.18%0.97%1.65%
1 Month Performance-20.24%4.56%7.50%5.92%
1 Year Performance-4.14%10.66%53,041.27%11.51%

Badger Meter Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMI
Badger Meter
3.8349 of 5 stars
$193.18
+1.8%
$238.40
+23.4%
-5.5%$5.69B$826.56M42.092,210News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.3407 of 5 stars
$63.80
+0.3%
$78.67
+23.3%
-16.7%$3.10B$1.15B-10.812,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.5491 of 5 stars
$317.49
-1.0%
$330.07
+4.0%
+21.9%$86.69B$4.87B80.3812,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DBX
Dropbox
4.0467 of 5 stars
$27.09
+1.8%
$31.00
+14.4%
+18.8%$7.63B$2.55B17.712,204Positive News
FLEX
Flex
3.3321 of 5 stars
$51.96
-0.4%
$49.43
-4.9%
+56.4%$19.42B$25.81B24.51147,979Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6888 of 5 stars
$181.56
+0.8%
$199.61
+9.9%
+11.3%$2.20T$350.02B20.24183,323Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
IDCC
InterDigital
1.8139 of 5 stars
$226.74
+0.7%
$160.00
-29.4%
+85.2%$5.88B$815.48M17.98420Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IRDM
Iridium Communications
4.8863 of 5 stars
$31.71
+0.8%
$34.25
+8.0%
-4.5%$3.43B$830.68M29.92660Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WWD
Woodward
4.5175 of 5 stars
$251.56
+2.6%
$232.25
-7.7%
+44.1%$14.93B$3.32B40.649,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ANET
Arista Networks
4.3632 of 5 stars
$108.49
-0.1%
$110.07
+1.5%
+40.0%$136.25B$7.00B45.924,412Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
3.8138 of 5 stars
$252.22
-1.0%
$231.20
-8.3%
+29.0%$8.42B$2.24B28.894,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BMI) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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