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$246.17 +5.26 (+2.18%)
Closing price 07/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

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.

94.2% of Blackbaud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Blackbaud shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Badger Meter has a net margin of 15.74% 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 15.74%22.35%16.27%

Blackbaud presently has a consensus target price of $78.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.99%. Badger Meter has a consensus target price of $236.60, indicating a potential downside of 3.89%. Given Blackbaud's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blackbaud is more favorable than Badger Meter.

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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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$1.16B2.69-$283.17M-$5.90-10.84
Badger Meter$826.56M8.77$124.94M$4.5454.22

In the previous week, Badger Meter had 2 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Badger Meter and 5 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Badger Meter's score of 1.03 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Badger Meter beats Blackbaud on 9 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$7.10B$3.11B$28.47B$20.75B
Dividend Yield0.56%0.98%3.10%3.67%
P/E Ratio54.2228.8033.4227.60
Price / Sales8.773.151,710.0959.14
Price / Cash45.0918.3137.8622.13
Price / Book11.944.047.674.66
Net Income$124.94M$91.13M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance3.07%0.05%2.02%0.00%
1 Month Performance1.80%2.81%7.13%5.25%
1 Year Performance26.90%15.74%52,800.99%10.76%

Badger Meter Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMI
Badger Meter
3.2477 of 5 stars
$246.17
+2.2%
$236.60
-3.9%
+25.0%$7.10B$826.56M54.222,210Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.3563 of 5 stars
$65.26
-0.7%
$78.67
+20.5%
-17.4%$3.17B$1.16B-11.062,600News Coverage
Positive News
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.561 of 5 stars
$320.30
-2.0%
$325.23
+1.5%
+11.4%$87.45B$4.64B81.0912,700Positive News
DBX
Dropbox
4.0464 of 5 stars
$27.41
-2.1%
$31.00
+13.1%
+15.5%$7.72B$2.55B17.922,204
FLEX
Flex
3.2303 of 5 stars
$51.46
-0.4%
$48.29
-6.2%
+71.4%$19.23B$25.81B24.27147,979Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.7328 of 5 stars
$176.79
-1.5%
$199.95
+13.1%
+1.4%$2.15T$350.02B19.71183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
IDCC
InterDigital
1.881 of 5 stars
$226.04
+0.7%
$160.00
-29.2%
+86.1%$5.86B$868.52M17.93420Positive News
IRDM
Iridium Communications
4.1205 of 5 stars
$32.02
+0.7%
$34.25
+7.0%
+19.6%$3.46B$830.68M30.21660Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WWD
Woodward
4.5303 of 5 stars
$253.50
+0.5%
$228.88
-9.7%
+43.5%$15.05B$3.32B40.959,300Trending News
ANET
Arista Networks
4.3113 of 5 stars
$101.51
-1.0%
$109.33
+7.7%
+33.3%$127.49B$7.00B42.974,412Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
3.855 of 5 stars
$249.78
-2.2%
$231.20
-7.4%
+28.0%$8.34B$2.25B28.614,800

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This page (NYSE:BMI) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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