Badger Meter (BMI) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)
Badger Meter has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 17.39% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 485.0% to 17.39% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.83% through Mar 2026, down 1720.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.32% for FY2025, 1479.0% down from the prior year.
- Operating Margin was 17.39% for Q1 2026 at Badger Meter, up from 45.65% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 22.24% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 45.65% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 17.39% (2026), against an average of 13.97%.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin surged 4424bps in 2022 and then tumbled -6477bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 15.25% in 2022, then grew by 15bps to 17.58% in 2023, then increased by 9bps to 19.12% in 2024, then crashed by -339bps to 45.65% in 2025, then soared by 138bps to 17.39% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BMI's Operating Margin are 17.39% (Q1 2026), 45.65% (Q4 2025), and 19.56% (Q3 2025).