Growth Metrics

Badger Meter (BMI) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Badger Meter (BMI) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.14%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.16%, up 20.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.17%, 22.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.14% for Q1 2026 at Badger Meter, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.2% in Q4 2025, with the low at 0.68% in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.06% across 5 years, with a median of 0.14% in 2026.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales crashed -49bps in 2023 before it skyrocketed 88bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.12% in 2022, then crashed by -411bps to 0.37% in 2023, then tumbled by -82bps to 0.68% in 2024, then soared by 130bps to 0.2% in 2025, then plummeted by -33bps to 0.14% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.14% in Q1 2026, 0.2% in Q4 2025, and 0.15% in Q3 2025.