secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BADGER METER INC (BMI)
CIK:        0000009092
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-000115
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000115/0001157523-22-000115-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000115/a52570050.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000115

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