Badger Meter (BMI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Badger Meter has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 3.16% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 2066.0% to 3.16% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 3.16% through Mar 2026, down 2066.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.32% for FY2025, 1903.0% down from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 3.16% for Q1 2026 at Badger Meter, down from 4.8% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 23.82% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 3.16% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 19.87% (2023), against an average of 16.3%.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed skyrocketed 1469bps in 2023 and then plummeted -2066bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 18.25% in 2022, then rose by 13bps to 20.66% in 2023, then grew by 11bps to 22.84% in 2024, then plummeted by -79bps to 4.8% in 2025, then tumbled by -34bps to 3.16% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BMI's Return on Capital Employed are 3.16% (Q1 2026), 4.8% (Q4 2025), and 22.34% (Q3 2025).