BMIBadger Meter, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: insiders net buying, but heavily shorted (+13% of shares).
Rangebound, no clear trend. Price is −8% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net buyers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026.
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How BMI is trading
Badger Meter, Inc. is −25% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 43 points behind the market. Through the fall, its own insiders bought $879K more stock than they sold.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −8.4%
vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far
- RSI (14)
- 50
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 29%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $131.41
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +5.2%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −25%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +33%
- vs 50-day average$131.01
- +0.31%
- 52-week high
- $186.32
- 52-week low
- $113.03
- Annualised volatility
- 40%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- $879K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −24% |
| 2025 | −17% |
| 2024 | +38% |
| 2023 | +43% |
| 2022 | +3.2% |
| 2021 | +14% |
| 2020 | +46% |
| 2019 | +33% |
| 2018 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | +31% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 5 of 10 | −2.0% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | +4.4% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | −3.8% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +0.64% |
| May | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.8% |
| Jun | 10 | 8 of 10 | +4.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +2.9% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +0.18% |
| Sep | 11 | 5 of 11 | −1.1% |
| Oct | 11 | 6 of 11 | +1.5% |
| Nov | 10 | 9 of 10 | +7.1% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.1% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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