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

Badger Meter (BMI) reported FCF Margin of 14.57% for Q1 2026, up 104.0% year-over-year from 7.14% in Q1 2025, and down 36.67% quarter-over-quarter from 23.0% in Q4 2025.

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

Badger Meter (BMI) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 14.57% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 14.57%, up 104.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 18.85% (up 85.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 18.51%, up 130.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin retreated to 14.57% in Q1 2026 per BMI's latest filing, 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.
  • A 5-year average of 15.62% and a median of 15.26% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin tumbled 1831 bps in 2022, then jumped 487 bps in 2024.
  • 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 sank by 37 bps to 14.57% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BMI's FCF Margin at 14.57% in Q1 2026, 23.0% in Q4 2025, and 20.45% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Coherent 67.67 Bn 66.37 Bn 679.95 Mn -2.11%
2 Keysight Technologies 57.00 Bn 54.83 Bn 995.00 Mn 25.44%
3 Garmin 45.82 Bn 43.12 Bn 1.04 Bn 26.77%
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.64 Bn 28.34 Bn 673.80 Mn 13.10%
5 Mks 21.67 Bn 21.10 Bn 507.00 Mn 2.60%
6 Fortive 19.42 Bn 19.07 Bn 675.50 Mn 19.47%
7 Trimble 12.42 Bn 12.19 Bn 646.30 Mn 28.58%
8 Cognex 10.23 Bn 9.94 Bn 190.94 Mn 15.77%
9 Esco Technologies 7.86 Bn 7.77 Bn 131.32 Mn 18.92%
10 Badger Meter 3.81 Bn 3.60 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%