Badger Meter (BMI) closed at $177.38, down 1.53%. The stock underperformed the S&P 500, which fell 0.35%, the Dow at 0.45%, and the Nasdaq at 0.14%. Over the past month, BMI shares have dropped by 4.11%, while the sector and S&P 500 saw gains.

Investors await Badger Meter’s earnings report, expecting an EPS of $1.14, up 9.62% YoY, with revenues of $231.89 million, a 13.02% increase. Zacks projects annual earnings of $4.80 per share and revenue of $927.86 million, marking +13.48% and +12.26% shifts, respectively. The stock holds a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Badger Meter’s Forward P/E ratio is 37.55, higher than the industry average of 23.48. Its PEG ratio stands at 2.97, compared to the industry’s 2.15. The Instruments – Control industry, part of the Computer and Technology sector, ranks in the top 8% of all industries with an average PEG ratio of 2.15.

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