CDZI vs BMI vs NWPX Stock Comparison

Cadiz, Badger Meter and NWPX Infrastructure Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CDZI Cadiz Inc
$4.65 +27.4% 1M -15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$391.35M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.34M
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
BMI Badger Meter Inc
$151.82 +17.1% 1M -17.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.34B
P/E
34.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$881.24M
Div. yield
1.08%
Water Treatment Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

NWPX Infrastructure leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (NWPX Infrastructure 7, Badger Meter 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCDZIBMINWPXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $391.35M $4.34B $962.46M BMI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.5x 34.5x 19.7x NWPX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 32.1x 19.2x NWPX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.8% -2.2% +15.1% NWPX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -286.1% 14.4% 8.5% BMI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 12.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.08% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.0% -17.1% +82.0% NWPX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.6%/yr +8.3%/yr +33.1%/yr NWPX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.8% 49.5% 39.9% NWPX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 25/100 70/100 82/100 NWPX

Percentile Scorecard

CDZIBMINWPX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCDZIBMINWPX
Valuation 20 #17 of 21 55 #10 of 21 100 #1 of 21
Growth 39 #12 of 19 61 #8 of 19 94 #2 of 19
Profitability 19 #14 of 17 94 #2 of 17 75 #5 of 17
Financial Health 24 #17 of 22 62 #9 of 22 86 #4 of 22
Shareholder Returns – 78 #3 of 10 56 #5 of 10
Overall 25 70 82
  • CDZI ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • BMI ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • NWPX ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCDZIBMINWPXSPY
1 month +27.4%+17.1%-2.9% -0.2%
3 months +51.0%+12.8%-20.9% +3.9%
6 months +5.0%+28.2%+14.9% +8.2%
Year to date -17.1%-13.0%+59.8% +12.9%
1 year -15.0%-17.1%+82.0% +12.3%
3 years +68.5%+10.1%+264.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +19.0%+3.3%+53.9% +23.3%
5 years -25.1%+48.8%+317.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -5.6%+8.3%+33.1% +10.9%
10 years -36.3%+381.5%+654.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year -4.4%+17.0%+22.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCDZIBMINWPXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.8%49.5%39.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 64.5%55.9%34.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.450.671.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.22-0.352.05 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.0%-55.4%-35.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.8%-19.2%-33.4% -1.2%
52-week high $6.92$187.87$149.94 $779.14
52-week low $2.98$113.41$53.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCDZIBMINWPX
P/E now vs peer median -9.5xmedian 25.6x 34.5xmedian 25.6x 19.7xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 27.3xmedian 2.4x 4.9xmedian 2.4x 1.7xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 16.7x 21.0xmedian 16.7x 11.0xmedian 16.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.6x 30.5xmedian 23.6x 12.1xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 83.9xmedian 2.0x 6.7xmedian 2.0x 2.3xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.27median 1.68 2.33median 1.68 0.90median 1.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCDZIBMINWPX
Revenue $14.34M $881.24M $574.44M
Gross profit $4.25M $366.94M $119.93M
Operating income -$26.90M $165.34M $65.87M
Net income -$35.98M $126.53M $48.75M
Free cash flow – $142.39M $79.65M
EPS (diluted) $-1,199.69 $4.38 $4.98
Cash & equivalents $5.32M $67.93M $19.32M
Total debt $278.50M – $9.98M
Shares (diluted) 34.19K 28.87M 9.79M
Enterprise value $359.80M $3.74B $923.93M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCDZIBMINWPX
P/E -9.5x 34.5x 19.7x
P/FCF – 30.5x 12.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 27.3x 9.6x
P/S 27.3x 4.9x 1.7x
P/B 83.9x 6.7x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 83.9x 8.8x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA – 21.0x 11.0x
EV/EBIT -17.6x 25.8x 14.5x
EV/Revenue 33.0x 4.8x 1.7x
EV/FCF – 30.0x 12.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 26.9x 9.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.27 2.33 0.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCDZIBMINWPX
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.8% -2.2% 15.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 89.3% 9.6% 8.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -12.7% -1.3% 27.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 97.5% 11.9% 11.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -8.9% -7.9% 47.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.0% 15.1% 16.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -9.9% -8.8% 46.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.9% 14.0% 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -8.4% -6.6% 48.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 14.8% 21.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -12.3% 45.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 15.9% 42.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -14.4% 53.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 16.2% 87.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCDZIBMINWPX
Gross margin 29.6% 41.6% 20.9%
EBITDA margin – 23.1% 15.0%
Operating margin -187.6% 18.8% 11.5%
Pretax margin -250.5% 19.1% 11.0%
Net margin -286.1% 14.4% 8.5%
FCF margin – 16.2% 13.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 18.0% 17.5%
Return on equity -257.3% 19.0% 11.9%
Return on assets -26.1% 13.0% 7.6%
Return on invested capital – – 12.1%
Return on capital employed -21.0% 20.1% 12.5%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.9x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCDZIBMINWPX
Debt / assets 64.5% – 1.5%
Debt / equity 18.6x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 96.5% 31.0% 35.8%
Equity / assets 3.5% 69.0% 64.2%
Interest coverage -2.9x – 35.1x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.5x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.2x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -6.13 11.73 4.72

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCDZIBMINWPX
Dividend yield – 1.1% –
Net buyback yield – 2.7% 1.4%
Shareholder yield – 3.8% 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 37.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 33.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 14.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 19.8% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCDZIBMINWPX
Forward P/E – 32.1xFY2026 19.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.54FY2026 $4.73FY2026 $5.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -1.3%FY2026 +45.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +10.4% -7.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.61MFY2026 $930.20MFY2026 $573.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -47.2%FY2026 +1.5%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +109.5% +10.4% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCDZIBMINWPX
Held by institutions 46.7% 100.0% 89.5%
Institutions holding 117 479 224
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.0% +7.9% +4.6%
Institutions buying 54 254 125
Institutions selling 39 157 65
Buyers to sellers 1.38 1.62 1.92

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CDZIBMINWPX
CDZI 1.00 0.10 0.17
BMI 0.10 1.00 0.16
NWPX 0.17 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CDZI, BMI and NWPX?

Badger Meter (BMI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cadiz (CDZI) $391.35M, Badger Meter (BMI) $4.34B, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) $962.46M.

Which stock is cheaper, CDZI, BMI and NWPX?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cadiz (CDZI) -9.5x, Badger Meter (BMI) 34.5x, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 19.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) is cheapest (Badger Meter (BMI) 32.1x, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 19.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cadiz (CDZI) -4.8%, Badger Meter (BMI) -2.2%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +15.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Badger Meter (BMI) has the highest net margin (Cadiz (CDZI) -286.1%, Badger Meter (BMI) 14.4%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 8.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) returned the most: Cadiz (CDZI) -15.0%, Badger Meter (BMI) -17.1%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +82.0%. Over five years, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) compounded fastest (Cadiz (CDZI) -5.6%/yr, Badger Meter (BMI) +8.3%/yr, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +33.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Badger Meter (BMI) 1.08%. Cadiz (CDZI) and NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) has been the steadiest (Cadiz (CDZI) 66.8%, Badger Meter (BMI) 49.5%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 39.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CDZI, BMI and NWPX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.