---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000869"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T11:56:16.950600+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter Q2 sales $137.8M (+12% YoY), EPS $0.57 (+19%); record backlog

## Summary
- Total sales $137.8M, up 12% YoY; ex-FX nearly 14%; utility water sales +14%.
- Diluted EPS $0.57 vs $0.48 prior year (+19%); operating margin 16.0% (+80 bps).
- Gross margin 39.7%, up 140 bps sequentially but down from 40.8% prior year.
- SEA expenses 23.7% of sales vs 25.6% prior year; net cash from ops $19.7M.
- Record backlog driven by strong order pace; supply chain constraints persist.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000869
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000869/0001157523-22-000869-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000869/a52785782.htm

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