Badger Meter
About: Badger Meter Inc is an innovator, manufacturer, and marketer of products incorporating flow measurement, quality, control, and other system solutions serving markets. The company's products measure water, oil, chemicals, and other fluids, and provide and communicate timely measurement data. Its product lines include two categories: sales of water meters, radios, software, and related technologies, and water quality monitoring solutions to water utilities (utility water) and sales of meters and other sensing instruments, valves, software, and other solutions for industrial applications in water, wastewater, and other industries (flow instrumentation). It derives a majority of its revenues from the United States.
Employees: 2,210
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
20% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 72 | Existing positions closed: 60
11% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 176 | Existing positions reduced: 158
2.37% more ownership
Funds ownership: 91.14% [Q4 2024] → 93.51% (+2.37%) [Q1 2025]
7% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $6.24M | Put options by funds: $5.82M
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 483 [Q4 2024] → 486 (+3) [Q1 2025]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.69B [Q4 2024] → $5.23B (-$453M) [Q1 2025]
60% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q4 2024] → 2 (-3) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
Stifel Nathan Jones | 4%downside $230 | Hold Maintained | 16 Jun 2025 |
Argus Research John Eade | 0%upside $240 | Buy Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Deane Dray | 5%upside $252 | Outperform Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Baird Robert Mason | 10%downside $216 | Neutral Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about BMI published over the past 30 days
