As of today (2024-04-23), Badger Meter's share price is $185.50.
Badger Meter's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $3.50. Hence, Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 52.97.
The historical rank and industry rank for Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
BMI'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.98 Med: 36.68 Max: 67.01
Current: 52.98
During the past 13 years, Badger Meter's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 67.01. The lowest was 16.98. And the median was 36.68.
BMI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 82.05% of 1354
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 16.59
vs BMI: 52.98
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Badger Meter was 25.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 18.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, Badger Meter's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 190.30% per year. The lowest was -55.10% per year. And the median was 11.50% per year.
Badger Meter Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Badger Meter Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Badger Meter Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Badger Meter's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Badger Meter's Share Price of today is $185.50.
Badger Meter's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.50.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Badger Meter Inc is an innovator, manufacturer, and marketer of products incorporating flow measurement, quality, control, and other system solutions serving markets. The company's products measure water, oil, chemicals, and other fluids, and provide and communicate timely measurement data. Badger's product lines include two categories: sales of water meters, radios, software, and related technologies, and water quality monitoring solutions to water utilities (utility water) and sales of meters and other sensing instruments, valves, software, and other solutions for industrial applications in water, wastewater, and other industries (flow instrumentation). It derives a majority of its revenues from the United States.
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