BMI
Badger Meter, Inc.
- Industrials
- US companies in Industrial - Machinery (37)
- NYSE · USD
- Mkt cap $4.4bn
$151.75
as of 27 Oct 2026, 21% below its 52-week high
Screens as well placed to keep growing its dividend, with low cut-risk signals.
These scores are a resilience check on the dividend, not a recommendation to buy or sell. They are not financial advice.
- Trailing yield
- 1.08%Last 12 months of regular payments at today's price
- Forward yield
- 1.30%Each payment expected in the next 12 months, not the latest one doubled
- Earnings cover
- 2.7×Pays 38% of earnings
- Cash cover
- 3.0×Free cash flow over dividends paid
- 5y dividend growth
- +16.2% a yearNo cut since FY2008
- Next ex-dividend date
- Estimated21 Nov 2026Quarterly dividend of about $0.48
Compared with US companies in Industrial - Machinery (37)
- Trailing yield is higher than 18 of the 36 other US companies in Industrial - Machinery.
- 5y dividend growth (as paid) is higher than 29 of the 32 other US companies in Industrial - Machinery with a 5y growth figure.
Quality
96
HighCapacity to keep growing the dividend
Risk
25
LowSignals of dividend-cut pressure
Trim
42
LowHow extended the valuation looks
Why Risk is 25
BMI against US companies in Industrial - Machinery (37)
Valuation against its own history
As of the last reported period (30 Sept 2026). P80 means the figure is higher than 80% of BMI’s past readings.
- P/E28.1×P3, good for this measure
- Yield1.33%P100, good for this measure
- FCF payout33.5%P83, poor for this measure
- Net debt / EBITDA-0.34P76, poor for this measure
- DGR 5y+17.3%P96, good for this measure
- ROIC15.3%P70, good for this measure
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