---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-001336"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:50:15.739842+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter Q3 2022: Record sales of $148M, EPS $0.61 (+13% YoY)

## Summary
- Total sales $148.0M, up 15% YoY; excluding FX impact, growth nearly 17%.
- Diluted EPS $0.61, up from $0.54 in prior year; operating profit margin expanded 100 bps to 16.1%.
- Utility water sales rose 17%; driven by E-Series Ultrasonic meters, ORION Cellular endpoints, BEACON SaaS.
- Net cash from operations $23.8M; announced 30th consecutive annual dividend rate increase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-001336
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-19T23:59:59+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/9092/000115752322001336/0001157523-22-001336-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322001336/a52947263.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001336.txt

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