Growth Metrics

Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Badger Meter has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 14.57% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 104.0% to 14.57% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 18.85% through Mar 2026, up 85.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 18.51% for FY2025, 130.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 14.57% for Q1 2026 at Badger Meter, down from 23.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 23.1% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 6.12% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 15.26% (2023), against an average of 15.62%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin crashed -1831bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 487bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 19.35% in 2022, then grew by 2bps to 19.67% in 2023, then grew by 17bps to 23.1% in 2024, then decreased by 0bps to 23.0% in 2025, then tumbled by -37bps to 14.57% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BMI's FCF Margin are 14.57% (Q1 2026), 23.0% (Q4 2025), and 20.45% (Q3 2025).