BADGER METER INC
Business
Badger Meter is a manufacturer of flow measurement, quality, control and system solutions for water management applications worldwide. The company offers meters, sensors, monitoring equipment, communication endpoints under the ORION brand, and software-as-a-service platforms including BEACON, marketed collectively as the BlueEdge suite. Operations are organized into Utility Water, serving municipal water utilities with smart metering and related infrastructure as the dominant business line, and Flow Instrumentation, serving industrial and commercial customers across water, HVAC and sustainability applications. Products are sold globally through direct sales forces, representatives and distributors.
Summary from 10-K filed 2026-02-17
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 917 | 827 | 704 | 566 | 505 | |
| Cost of sales | 535 | 497 | 427 | 346 | 300 | |
| Gross margin | 382 | 329 | 276 | 220 | 205 | |
| Selling, engineering and administration | 199 | 171 | 158 | 133 | 127 | |
| Operating earnings | 183 | 158 | 118 | 87 | 79 | |
| Interest income, net | −5 | −9 | −4 | −552,000 | −20,000 | |
| Other pension and postretirement (income) costs | −112,000 | 49,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 120,000 | |
| Earnings before income taxes | 189 | 167 | 122 | 88 | 79 | |
| Provision for income taxes | 47 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 18 | |
| Net earnings | 142 | 125 | 93 | 66 | 61 | |
| Basic (per share) | 4.82 | 4.26 | 3.16 | 2.28 | 2.09 | |
| Diluted (per share) | 4.79 | 4.23 | 3.14 | 2.26 | 2.08 | |
| Basic (shares) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29,218 | 29,144 | |
| Impact of dilutive securities | 171,000 | 178,000 | 172,000 | 158 | 194 | |
| Diluted (shares) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29,376 | 29,338 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 226 | 295 | 192 | 138 | 87 | |
| Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts | 112 | 84 | 84 | 77 | 66 | |
| Finished goods | 23 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 26 | |
| Work in process | 29 | 37 | 41 | 24 | 25 | |
| Raw materials | 100 | 83 | 78 | 65 | 49 | |
| Total inventories | 152 | 143 | 154 | 120 | 100 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 9 | |
| Total current assets | 507 | 540 | 442 | 348 | 261 | |
| Land and improvements | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Building and improvements | 75 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 71 | |
| Machinery and equipment | 164 | 152 | 145 | 141 | 137 | |
| Property, plant and equipment, at cost | 248 | 233 | 226 | 221 | 217 | |
| Less accumulated depreciation | −169 | −159 | −152 | −147 | −139 | |
| Net property, plant and equipment | 80 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 78 | |
| Intangible assets, at cost less accumulated amortization | 118 | 45 | 54 | 54 | 64 | |
| Other assets | 19 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 14 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 8 | |
| Goodwill | 236 | 112 | 113 | 101 | 104 | |
| Total assets | 974 | 816 | 717 | 603 | 531 | |
| Payables | 72 | 56 | 82 | 71 | 42 | |
| Accrued compensation and employee benefits | 38 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 21 | |
| Warranty and after-sale costs, current | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 13 | |
| Other current liabilities | 32 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| Total current liabilities | 151 | 118 | 132 | 110 | 82 | |
| Long-term deferred revenue | 73 | 64 | 50 | 32 | — | |
| Deferred income taxes | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Accrued non-pension postretirement benefits | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Other accrued employee benefits | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | — | |
| Warranty and after-sale costs, long-term | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | |
| Other long-term liabilities | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 30 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 6) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total long-term liabilities | 110 | 92 | 68 | — | — | |
| Common stock, $1 par, authorized 80,000,000 shares, issued 37,221,098 shares in 2025 and 2024 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |
| Capital in excess of par value | 75 | 66 | 59 | 53 | 49 | |
| Reinvested earnings | 646 | 548 | 459 | 395 | 354 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | 6 | −8 | −2 | −6 | 136,000 | |
| Less: Treasury stock, at cost, 7,834,360 shares in 2025 and 7,810,158 shares in 2024 | −52 | −37 | −37 | −37 | −37 | |
| Total shareholders equity | 713 | 606 | 516 | 442 | 403 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders equity | 974 | 816 | 717 | 603 | 531 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| Amortization | 23 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 17 | |
| Deferred income taxes | −854,000 | −11 | −10 | −6 | −3 | |
| Noncurrent employee benefits | 136,000 | −153,000 | −338,000 | −648,000 | −234,000 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Receivables | −20 | −1 | −6 | −11 | −1 | |
| Inventories | −987,000 | 10 | −32 | −21 | −14 | |
| Payables | 14 | −12 | 9 | 28 | 7 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | −4 | −15 | −7 | −11 | −8 | |
| Other liabilities | 10 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 16 | |
| Total adjustments | 42 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 27 | |
| Net cash provided by operations | 184 | 155 | 110 | 82 | 88 | |
| Property, plant and equipment expenditures | −14 | −13 | −12 | −6 | −7 | |
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | −184 | −3 | −17 | 0 | −45 | |
| Net cash used for investing activities | −198 | −16 | −29 | −6 | −51 | |
| Dividends paid | −44 | −36 | −29 | −25 | −22 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 554,000 | 751,000 | 967,000 | 703,000 | 2 | |
| Repurchase of common stock for treasury stock | −15 | 0 | 0 | −427,000 | −460,000 | |
| Net cash used for financing activities | −58 | −35 | −28 | −25 | −21 | |
| Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash | 3 | −597,000 | 828,000 | −1 | −679,000 | |
| (Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | −69 | 104 | 54 | 51 | 15 | |
| Income taxes | 49 | 56 | 39 | 24 | 20 | |
| Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118,000 | |
| Property, plant and equipment acquired through operating lease | 6 | 2 | 830,000 | 2 | — | |
| Property, plant and equipment accrued and unpaid | 0 | 364,000 | 450,000 | 2 | — |
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What is BADGER METER INC's CIK number?
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BADGER METER INC (BMI) most recently filed an earnings 8-K with the SEC on Apr 17, 2026, furnishing its results under Item 2.02 (Results of Operations and Financial Condition). The earnings press release is attached to that filing (accession 0001193125-26-160389). This is BADGER METER INC's most recent earnings filing of record — not a forecast of its next earnings date.
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BADGER METER INC's latest earnings 8-K (Item 2.02) was filed Apr 17, 2026 under accession 0001193125-26-160389. It carries the quarterly or annual earnings press release — the earliest official, SEC-filed version of the results.
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