---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000443"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:45:03.095059+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter Q1 2022 sales $132.4M (+12% YoY), EPS $0.49 vs $0.47

## Summary
- Total sales $132.4M, up 12% from $117.8M year ago; diluted EPS $0.49 vs $0.47.
- Gross margin 38.3% vs 41.9% due to inflation and supply chain disruptions.
- Utility water sales up 15% YoY; record order pace and backlog increased.
- Operating margin 14.2% vs 15.1% YoY; SEA expenses leveraged lower as percent of sales.
- Flow instrumentation sales flat YoY amid strong orders, constrained by supply chain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000443
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000443/0001157523-22-000443-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000443/a52689190.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000443.txt

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