---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-000886"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:20:30.977817+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter Q2 record sales $122.9M, EPS $0.48 (+45% YoY); backlog at record

## Summary
- Sales $122.9M (+35% YoY); diluted EPS $0.48 (+45% from $0.33).
- Utility water sales up 38% YoY; core (ex-acquisitions) up 22%.
- Gross margin improved 150bps to 40.8%; operating margin 15.2% (up 130bps).
- Record backlog; supply chain disruptions limiting output; robust order pace.
- Credit facility upsized to $150M; no outstanding borrowings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-000886
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752321000886/0001157523-21-000886-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752321000886/a52462250.htm

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