Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Badger Meter (BMI) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 14.57% for Q1 2026, up 104.0% YoY from 7.14% in Q1 2025, and down 36.67% sequentially from 23.0% in Q4 2025.

Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Badger Meter has disclosed FCF Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 14.57% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 104.0% year-over-year to 14.57%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 18.85% (up 85.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 18.51%, up 130.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin eased to 14.57% in Q1 2026, from 23.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for BMI reached as high as 23.1% in Q4 2024 and fell as low as 6.12% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 15.26% (2023), against an average of 15.62%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Margin sank 1831 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 487 bps.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 19.35% in 2022, then gained by 2 bps to 19.67% in 2023, then grew by 17 bps to 23.1% in 2024, then decreased by 0 bps to 23.0% in 2025, then tumbled by 37 bps to 14.57% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 14.57%, 23.0%, and 20.45% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Coherent 3,591.32 Bn 3,590.02 Bn 679.95 Mn -2.11%
2 Novanta 69.39 Bn 69.00 Bn 113.58 Mn 18.42%
3 Keysight Technologies 57.75 Bn 55.57 Bn 995.00 Mn 25.44%
4 Teledyne Technologies 30.63 Bn 30.33 Bn 673.80 Mn 13.10%
5 Fortive 19.14 Bn 18.79 Bn 675.50 Mn 19.47%
6 Trimble 12.33 Bn 12.10 Bn 646.30 Mn 28.58%
7 Cognex 11.87 Bn 11.58 Bn 190.94 Mn 15.77%
8 Sensata Technologies Holding 6.78 Bn 6.14 Bn 286.30 Mn 11.19%
9 Garmin 4.63 Bn 1.93 Bn 1.04 Bn 26.77%
10 Badger Meter 4.28 Bn 4.07 Bn 84.33 Mn 14.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.57%
Dec 31, 2025 23.00%
Sep 30, 2025 20.45%
Jun 30, 2025 17.07%
Mar 31, 2025 13.53%
Dec 31, 2024 23.10%
Sep 30, 2024 20.13%
Jun 30, 2024 15.73%
Mar 31, 2024 9.57%
Dec 31, 2023 19.67%
Sep 30, 2023 15.26%
Jun 30, 2023 11.43%
Mar 31, 2023 8.61%
Dec 31, 2022 19.35%
Sep 30, 2022 14.81%
Jun 30, 2022 13.08%
Mar 31, 2022 6.12%
Dec 31, 2021 19.28%
Sep 30, 2021 10.80%
Jun 30, 2021 9.68%