---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T14:32:42.159339+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter Q4 sales up 21% to $135.7M, EPS $0.59; full year sales top $500M

## Summary
- Q4 record sales $135.7M (+21% YoY); diluted EPS $0.59 (+31% YoY).
- Full year 2021 record sales $505.2M (+19% YoY); EPS $2.08 (+23% YoY).
- Q4 operating profit margin 16.8% (up 170 bps); gross margin 40.4% (+120 bps).
- Utility water sales up 23.4% (core +14.4% excl. acquisitions); record backlog.
- CFO: supply chain disruptions and inflation expected to continue near term.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000115/0001157523-22-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000115/a52570050.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000115.txt

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