secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BADGER METER INC (BMI)
CIK:        0000009092
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-000869
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000869/0001157523-22-000869-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000869/a52785782.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000869

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