Badger Meter (BMI) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Badger Meter (BMI) reported Gross Margin of 41.69% for Q1 2026, down 126.0% year-over-year from 160.34% in Q1 2025, and down 1.05% quarter-over-quarter from 42.13% in Q4 2025.
Badger Meter (BMI) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Badger Meter (BMI) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 41.69% in Q1 2026.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 41.69%, down 126.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 41.37% (up 61.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 41.68%, up 185.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin slipped to 41.69% in Q1 2026 per BMI's latest filing, from 42.13% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 42.95% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 38.31% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 40.03% and a median of 39.48% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Gross Margin sank 358 bps in 2022, then jumped 363 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 38.67% in 2022, then rose by 1 bps to 39.17% in 2023, then gained by 3 bps to 40.33% in 2024, then grew by 4 bps to 42.13% in 2025, then slipped by 1 bps to 41.69% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BMI's Gross Margin at 41.69% in Q1 2026, 42.13% in Q4 2025, and 40.67% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coherent | 67.67 Bn | 66.37 Bn | 679.95 Mn | 37.66% |
| 2 | Keysight Technologies | 57.00 Bn | 54.83 Bn | 995.00 Mn | 62.19% |
| 3 | Garmin | 45.82 Bn | 43.12 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 59.44% |
| 4 | Teledyne Technologies | 28.64 Bn | 28.34 Bn | 673.80 Mn | 43.19% |
| 5 | Mks | 21.67 Bn | 21.10 Bn | 507.00 Mn | 47.03% |
| 6 | Fortive | 19.42 Bn | 19.07 Bn | 675.50 Mn | 63.17% |
| 7 | Trimble | 12.42 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 646.30 Mn | 68.76% |
| 8 | Cognex | 10.23 Bn | 9.94 Bn | 190.94 Mn | 71.13% |
| 9 | Esco Technologies | 7.86 Bn | 7.77 Bn | 131.32 Mn | 42.45% |
| 10 | Badger Meter | 3.81 Bn | 3.60 Bn | 84.33 Mn | 41.69% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 41.69% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 42.13% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 40.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 41.08% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 42.95% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 40.33% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 40.24% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 39.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 39.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 39.17% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 39.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 39.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 39.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 38.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 38.86% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 39.73% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 38.31% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 40.39% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 39.76% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 40.78% |