Badger Meter, Inc. BMI

Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$1.41B
Market Cap
$4.34B
Margin of Safety
-207.1%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.33

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

1.33B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

1.84B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

1.07B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

1.41B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

1.41B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

4.34B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.33×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -207.1% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 1.33B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)1.18B USD
+②Net Cash Today95.83M USD
+③Growth Value59.43M USD
=Value1.33B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

1.18B USD

Net cash today

+95.83M USD

Growth Value

+59.43M USD

Value

1.33B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

1.18B USD

②Net Cash Today

95.83M USD

③Growth Value

59.43M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.34B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-226.2%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 1.84B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE1.30B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today543.24M USD
=Value1.84B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

1.30B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

543.24M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.34B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-136.2%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 1.07B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF835.45M USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today140.30M USD
+③Net Cash Today95.83M USD
=Value1.07B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

835.45M USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

140.30M USD

③Net Cash Today

95.83M USD

Market value

Market Cap4.34B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-305.2%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 10.50%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta (default) 1.00×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 10.50%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 47.07M USDPretax Income 188.85M USD= 24.93%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 183.60M USD−Pretax Income 188.85M USD= —

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

No interest is read: it needs debt and an EBIT above the profit before tax, the gap between them being the interest. Without it the cost of debt takes the 4% default.

Cost of Debt 4.00% (default): with no debt or no interest read, the 4% default after tax stands for what the lenders are paid a year.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 0 USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 4.34B USD + 0 USD= 0.00%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 100.00%×Cost of Equity 10.50%+Debt Weight 0.00%×Cost of Debt 4.00%= 10.50%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 999.17M USD − Total Liabilities 315.60M USD = Book Value Today 683.56M USD

Total Debt 0 USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 95.83M USD = Net Debt Today -95.83M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-1.2%at most 5%passes28,986,847 / 29,347,317
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets4.2%at least -10.0%passes(183.88M USD − 141.78M USD) ÷ 999.17M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today6.35×at most 3×does not pass4.34B USD ÷ 683.56M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue20.0%above 10.0%passes183.60M USD ÷ 917.58M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 110.9%above 10.0%passes917.58M USD / 827.38M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap2.2%above -30%passes(95.83M USD − 0 USD) ÷ 4.34B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit48.0%above 25.0%passes183.60M USD ÷ 382.45M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

150 USD

Enterprise value

4.24B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

21.19×

Price / book

6.35×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

34.96×

Return on equity

18.7%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

14.4%

Revenue growth

0.1%

Analyst target, mean

160 USD

Analysts

8

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

566.13M704.30M827.38M917.58M

Gross profit

220.19M276.71M329.51M382.45M

Operating income

87.38M118.17M158.09M183.60M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

113.65M146.31M190.31M218.22M

Pretax income

87.80M122.09M166.67M188.85M

Net income

66.56M92.69M125.07M141.78M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

66.56M92.69M125.07M141.78M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

603.65M717.64M817.23M974.55M

Total liabilities

160.79M200.64M210.39M260.54M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

442.86M517.00M606.84M714.01M

Total debt

————

Cash and equivalents

138.19M191.97M295.60M226.24M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

73.62M73.95M74.33M79.72M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

237.76M310.54M422.33M356.72M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

82.53M110.23M155.19M183.88M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-5.90M-12.02M-12.83M-14.04M

Depreciation and amortisation

26.27M28.14M32.22M34.62M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

76.64M98.21M142.36M169.84M