Badger Meter, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
  • ISIN: US0565251081
USD
133.58
5.77 (4.51%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Badger Meter, Inc.
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Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
Chart Industries, Inc.

Why is Badger Meter, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 16.90%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 23.15%
4
The company has declared Positive results for the last 9 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 174.78 MM
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 7.81
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -4.38% (YoY)
5
With ROE of 20.92%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 14.44 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -23.27%, its profits have risen by 31.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.2
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Badger Meter, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Industrial Manufacturing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Badger Meter, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Badger Meter, Inc.
-45.96%
-0.06
34.41%
S&P 500
20.78%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
16.59%
EBIT Growth (5y)
23.00%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.20
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.34
Tax Ratio
25.10%
Dividend Payout Ratio
30.90%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
29.15%
ROE (avg)
16.90%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
38
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
7.62
EV to EBIT
28.40
EV to EBITDA
23.90
EV to Capital Employed
10.61
EV to Sales
5.68
PEG Ratio
2.92
Dividend Yield
0.83%
ROCE (Latest)
37.37%
ROE (Latest)
19.86%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 184.56 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.07

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 42.97%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 431.47 MM

-12What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 19.6%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 8.07 times

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at USD 202.28 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 44.23 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 21.86 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 36.34 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 27.34 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 0.93

Here's what is working for Badger Meter, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 184.56 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
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The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 8.07 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
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Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 431.47 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 42.97%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 9.05 MM
in the last five periods
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The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Badger Meter, Inc.

Net Sales
Lowest at USD 202.28 MM
in the last five periods
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Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 202.28 MM has Fallen at -11.73%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 229.17 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 44.23 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 21.86 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 36.34 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 36.34 MM has Fallen at -22.96%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 47.16 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 27.34 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 27.34 MM has Fallen at -22.8%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 35.41 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 0.93
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 8.07 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio