Badger Meter's shares jumped roughly 10% as gross and operating margins rose 120 and 60 basis points, respectively, due to a favorable mix shift and software growth. Full-year guidance indicated a modest decline in sales from the previous year, as sales normalize from previous periods.
The adoption of advanced metering infrastructure, or AMI, represents a secular growth driver for Badger Meter.
Badger Meter trades at a relatively elevated valuation across traditional valuation metrics.
Metric | BMI | XYL | HUBB |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 36.65 | 17.52 | 22.06 |
Price/Book Value | 7.07 | 2.13 | 5.71 |
Price/Sales | 5.26 | 2.51 | 3.57 |
Price/Cash Flow | 26.65 | 14.35 | 19.30 |
Metric | BMI | XYL | HUBB |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 1.21 | 0.94 | 0.78 |
Current Ratio | 2.48 | 1.39 | 1.53 |
Interest Coverage | — | 35.58 | 9.26 |
Metric | BMI | XYL | HUBB |
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 13.82% | 7.50% | 11.17% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 19.54% | 11.95% | 27.71% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 19.19% | 9.63% | 15.70% |
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