Badger Meter (BMI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Badger Meter (BMI) reported Operating Expenses of $49.2 million for Q1 2026, up 6.83% year-over-year from $46.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.57% quarter-over-quarter from $49.9 million in Q4 2025.

Badger Meter (BMI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Badger Meter (BMI) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $49.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $49.2 million, up 6.83% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $201.8 million (up 14.23% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $198.6 million, up 16.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $49.2 million in Q1 2026 per BMI's latest filing, from $49.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $52.9 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at $31.9 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $41.8 million and a median of $41.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses grew 0.78% in 2022, then climbed 22.73% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $34.5 million in 2022, then grew by 14.19% to $39.4 million in 2023, then gained by 10.54% to $43.5 million in 2024, then rose by 14.7% to $49.9 million in 2025, then slipped by 1.57% to $49.2 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BMI's Operating Expenses at $49.2 million in Q1 2026, $49.9 million in Q4 2025, and $49.8 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Coherent 67.67 Bn 66.37 Bn 679.95 Mn 1.62 Bn
2 Keysight Technologies 57.00 Bn 54.83 Bn 995.00 Mn 1.35 Bn
3 Garmin 45.82 Bn 43.12 Bn 1.04 Bn 610.62 Mn
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.64 Bn 28.34 Bn 673.80 Mn 1.27 Bn
5 Mks 21.67 Bn 21.10 Bn 507.00 Mn 274.00 Mn
6 Fortive 19.42 Bn 19.07 Bn 675.50 Mn 483.80 Mn
7 Trimble 12.42 Bn 12.19 Bn 646.30 Mn 502.30 Mn
8 Cognex 10.23 Bn 9.94 Bn 190.94 Mn 131.07 Mn
9 Esco Technologies 7.86 Bn 7.77 Bn 131.32 Mn 265.48 Mn
10 Badger Meter 3.81 Bn 3.60 Bn 84.33 Mn 49.16 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 49.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 49.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 49.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 52.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 46.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 43.54 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 43.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 43.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 40.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 39.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 41.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 39.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 37.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 34.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 33.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 32.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 31.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 31.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 31.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 31.43 Mn