CDZI vs PNR vs BMI Stock Comparison

Cadiz, Pentair and Badger Meter Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CDZI Cadiz Inc
$4.71 +31.6% 1M -14.5% 1Y
Market cap
$377.82M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.34M
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
1 win
PNR PENTAIR plc
$65.78 +23.0% 1M -38.9% 1Y
Market cap
$10.55B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins
BMI Badger Meter Inc
$149.66 +18.8% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$4.28B
P/E
33.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$881.24M
Div. yield
0.01%
Water Treatment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Pentair leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Pentair 6, Badger Meter 3, Cadiz 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCDZIPNRBMILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $377.82M $10.55B $4.28B PNR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.2x 17.2x 33.9x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.5x 31.6x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.8% -3.9% -2.2% BMI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -286.1% 15.4% 14.4% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.5% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.6x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.01% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -14.5% -38.9% -18.2% CDZI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.0%/yr -2.3%/yr +7.9%/yr BMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.6% 36.3% 49.9% PNR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 23/100 62/100 73/100 BMI

Percentile Scorecard

CDZIPNRBMI

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

AxisCDZIPNRBMI
Valuation 15 #18 of 21 71 #59 of 203 60 #9 of 21
Growth 39 #12 of 19 32 #128 of 188 67 #7 of 19
Profitability 20 #13 of 16 82 #33 of 183 100 #1 of 16
Financial Health 20 #17 of 21 46 #118 of 216 60 #9 of 21
Shareholder Returns – 79 #33 of 152 78 #3 of 10
Overall 23 62 73
  • CDZI ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • PNR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • BMI ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCDZIPNRBMISPY
1 month +31.6%+23.0%+18.8% +0.7%
3 months +50.0%-0.6%+14.6% +3.7%
6 months +8.8%-18.5%+23.8% +7.1%
Year to date -16.0%-36.8%-14.2% +12.8%
1 year -14.5%-38.9%-18.2% +11.9%
3 years +60.2%+12.0%+8.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +17.0%+3.9%+2.8% +22.8%
5 years -22.4%-11.1%+46.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -5.0%-2.3%+7.9% +10.9%
10 years -36.8%+19.3%+372.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year -4.5%+1.8%+16.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCDZIPNRBMISPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.6%36.3%49.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 64.2%40.4%56.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.440.940.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.22-1.07-0.37 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.0%-53.7%-55.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.9%-39.5%-20.3% -1.2%
52-week high $6.92$108.69$187.87 $779.14
52-week low $2.98$52.11$113.41 $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.

MultipleCDZIPNRBMI
P/E now vs peer median -9.7xmedian 25.4x 17.1xmedian 25.8x 34.0xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 27.6xmedian 2.5x 2.6xmedian 1.9x 4.9xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.9x 13.2xmedian 14.6x 20.7xmedian 17.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 22.3x 16.2xmedian 22.2x 30.0xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 85.0xmedian 1.8x 2.7xmedian 2.2x 6.6xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.30median 1.73 2.23median 1.45 2.30median 1.73

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 monthsCDZIPNRBMI
Revenue $14.34M $3.97B $881.24M
Gross profit $4.25M $1.64B $366.94M
Operating income -$26.90M $777.40M $165.34M
Net income -$35.98M $612.20M $126.53M
Free cash flow – $646.60M $142.39M
R&D – $94.10M –
EPS (diluted) $-1,199.69 $3.82 $4.38
Cash & equivalents $5.32M $74.00M $67.93M
Total debt $278.50M $1.48B –
Shares (diluted) 34.19K 160.30M 28.87M
Enterprise value $346.27M $10.22B $3.69B

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
MetricCDZIPNRBMI
P/E -9.7x 17.1x 34.0x
P/FCF – 16.2x 30.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 14.5x 26.9x
P/S 27.6x 2.6x 4.9x
P/B 85.0x 2.7x 6.6x
P/Tangible book 85.0x 3.7x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA – 13.2x 20.7x
EV/EBIT -17.8x 15.3x 25.4x
EV/Revenue 33.3x 3.0x 4.8x
EV/FCF – 18.4x 29.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.4x 26.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.30 2.23 2.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCDZIPNRBMI
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.8% -3.9% -2.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 89.3% -1.3% 9.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -12.7% -1.2% -1.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 97.5% 3.4% 11.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -8.9% -8.3% -7.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.0% 4.4% 15.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -9.9% -6.4% -8.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.9% 6.3% 14.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -8.4% -3.6% -6.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 7.7% 14.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -14.8% -12.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.8% 15.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -17.4% -14.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.7% 16.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCDZIPNRBMI
Gross margin 29.6% 41.2% 41.6%
EBITDA margin – 22.7% 23.1%
Operating margin -187.6% 19.6% 18.8%
Pretax margin -250.5% 17.5% 19.1%
Net margin -286.1% 15.4% 14.4%
FCF margin – 16.3% 16.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 18.3% 18.0%
Return on equity -257.3% 16.1% 19.0%
Return on assets -26.1% 9.2% 13.0%
Return on invested capital – 12.5% –
Return on capital employed -21.0% 13.5% 20.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCDZIPNRBMI
Debt / assets 64.5% 22.3% –
Debt / equity 18.6x 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.6x –
Debt / FCF – 2.3x –
Liabilities / assets 96.5% 42.1% 31.0%
Equity / assets 3.5% 57.9% 69.0%
Interest coverage -2.9x – –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.5x 2.5x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.7x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score -6.11 3.96 11.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCDZIPNRBMI
Dividend yield – 1.6% 1.1%
Net buyback yield – 3.8% 2.8%
Shareholder yield – 5.5% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 28.1% 37.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 26.6% 33.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.5% 14.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% 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.

ConsensusCDZIPNRBMI
Forward P/E – 14.5xFY2026 31.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.54FY2026 $4.55FY2026 $4.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -7.5%FY2026 -1.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +17.6% +10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.61MFY2026 $3.86BFY2026 $930.20MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -47.2%FY2026 -7.5%FY2026 +1.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +109.5% +10.5% +10.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCDZIPNRBMI
Held by institutions 46.7% 95.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 117 720 480
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.0% -0.1% +7.9%
Institutions buying 54 353 254
Institutions selling 39 257 157
Buyers to sellers 1.38 1.37 1.62

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.

CDZIPNRBMI
CDZI 1.00 0.22 0.10
PNR 0.22 1.00 0.18
BMI 0.10 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CDZI, PNR and BMI?

Pentair (PNR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cadiz (CDZI) $377.82M, Pentair (PNR) $10.55B, Badger Meter (BMI) $4.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, CDZI, PNR and BMI?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cadiz (CDZI) -9.2x, Pentair (PNR) 17.2x, Badger Meter (BMI) 33.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Pentair (PNR) 14.5x, Badger Meter (BMI) 31.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Badger Meter (BMI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cadiz (CDZI) -4.8%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%, Badger Meter (BMI) -2.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Cadiz (CDZI) -286.1%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%, Badger Meter (BMI) 14.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cadiz (CDZI) returned the most: Cadiz (CDZI) -14.5%, Pentair (PNR) -38.9%, Badger Meter (BMI) -18.2%. Over five years, Badger Meter (BMI) compounded fastest (Cadiz (CDZI) -5.0%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -2.3%/yr, Badger Meter (BMI) +7.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest dividend yield: Cadiz (CDZI) 0.00%, Pentair (PNR) 0.02%, Badger Meter (BMI) 0.01%. Cadiz (CDZI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pentair (PNR) has been the steadiest (Cadiz (CDZI) 66.6%, Pentair (PNR) 36.3%, Badger Meter (BMI) 49.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pentair (PNR) leads on 6. 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.