Growth Metrics

Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Badger Meter has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.4 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 19.25% to 0.4 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.27 through Mar 2026, up 8.26% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.26 for FY2025, 1.78% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.4 for Q1 2026 at Badger Meter, up from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.72 in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.21 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.28 (2023), against an average of 0.32.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio skyrocketed 297.83% in 2022 and then crashed 33.17% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.23 in 2022, then fell by 4.55% to 0.22 in 2023, then decreased 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BMI's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.4 (Q1 2026), 0.23 (Q4 2025), and 0.24 (Q3 2025).