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What BMI's price assumes
Badger Meter, Inc. trades at 30.9× earnings against 34.2× for the median Scientific & Technical Instruments name, cheaper than its own group.
30.9
Trailing P/E · Scientific & Technical Instruments median 34.2 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 4.97
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 4.3%
Free cash flow yield · Scientific & Technical Instruments median 4.1%
- Growth the price implies
- +7.7%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +7.7% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +27% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 6.46
- Technology median P/E376 names
- 37.0
- Scientific & Technical Instruments median P/E16 names
- 34.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $169M
- Market capitalisation
- $3.95B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +15%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +27%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $175.64 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $197.84 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $216.22 |
| 52-week range | $113.03 – $191.08 |
| Today | $137.10 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Scientific & Technical Instruments
Ranks #8 of 16 by Smart Score