Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Badger Meter has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.4 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 19.25% year-over-year to 0.4; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.27 (up 8.26% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.26, up 1.78% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.4 in Q1 2026, from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for BMI reached as high as 0.72 in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.21 in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.28 (2023), against an average of 0.32.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio jumped 297.83% — and 2023, when it plunged 33.17%.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.23 in 2022, then slipped by 4.55% to 0.22 in 2023, then declined by 4.51% to 0.21 in 2024, then grew by 9.75% to 0.23 in 2025, then soared by 71.87% to 0.4 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.4, 0.23, and 0.24 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.