Badger Meter, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
  • ISIN: US0565251081
USD
150.64
-3.19 (-2.07%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Woodward, Inc.
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Badger Meter, Inc.
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Flowserve Corp.
The Timken Co.
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
The Middleby Corp.
AAON, 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 buy?

  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.
-22.42%
-0.06
34.41%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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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
40
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
7.93
EV to EBIT
29.63
EV to EBITDA
24.93
EV to Capital Employed
11.07
EV to Sales
5.93
PEG Ratio
3.04
Dividend Yield
0.80%
ROCE (Latest)
37.37%
ROE (Latest)
19.86%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

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 183.7 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 9.32

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -4.58% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.62 times

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

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

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 183.7 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 9.32 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 3.62 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -4.58% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 8.8 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)