Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Badger Meter (BMI) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.4 for Q1 2026, up 19.25% year-over-year from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and up 71.87% quarter-over-quarter from 0.23 in Q4 2025.
Badger Meter (BMI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Badger Meter (BMI) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.4 in Q1 2026.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.4, up 19.25% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.27 (up 8.26% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.26, up 1.78% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.4 in Q1 2026 per BMI's latest filing, 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.
- A 5-year average of 0.32 and a median of 0.28 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 297.83% in 2022, then slumped 33.17% in 2023.
- 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.
- Business Quant data shows BMI's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.4 in Q1 2026, 0.23 in Q4 2025, and 0.24 in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coherent | 67.67 Bn | 66.37 Bn | 679.95 Mn | - |
| 2 | Keysight Technologies | 57.00 Bn | 54.83 Bn | 995.00 Mn | - |
| 3 | Garmin | 45.82 Bn | 43.12 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 0.37 |
| 4 | Teledyne Technologies | 28.64 Bn | 28.34 Bn | 673.80 Mn | - |
| 5 | Mks | 21.67 Bn | 21.10 Bn | 507.00 Mn | 0.61 |
| 6 | Fortive | 19.42 Bn | 19.07 Bn | 675.50 Mn | 0.09 |
| 7 | Trimble | 12.42 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 646.30 Mn | - |
| 8 | Cognex | 10.23 Bn | 9.94 Bn | 190.94 Mn | 0.34 |
| 9 | Esco Technologies | 7.86 Bn | 7.77 Bn | 131.32 Mn | 0.04 |
| 10 | Badger Meter | 3.81 Bn | 3.60 Bn | 84.33 Mn | 0.40 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.40 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.24 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.25 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.24 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.42 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.28 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.33 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.48 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.30 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.32 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.72 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.42 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.44 |