---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:37:41.596587+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter posts record FY2022 sales $565.6M (+12%); Q4 EPS $0.60 vs $0.59

## Summary
- Q4 sales $147.3M (+8.5% YoY); EPS $0.60 vs $0.59 in prior year.
- Full-year record sales $565.6M (+11.9%); EPS $2.26, up 9%.
- Software sales hit record $33.8M, representing 6% of consolidated revenues.
- Post-year-end acquired Syrinix for ~$18M to enhance smart water solutions.
- Net cash from operations: Q4 $29.7M; full year $82.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-27T23:59:59+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/9092/000115752323000109/0001157523-23-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752323000109/a53291934.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000109.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BADGER METER INC reported full year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $565.6 million, EPS $2.26 per diluted share.
  - Period: full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $565.6 million
  - EPS: $2.26 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Record total sales of $565.6 million, 11.9% higher than the prior year’s $505.2 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752323000109/0001157523-23-000109-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BADGER METER INC reported fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $147.3 million, EPS $0.60 per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $147.3 million
  - EPS: $0.60 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Total sales of $147.3 million, 8.5% higher than the prior year’s $135.7 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752323000109/0001157523-23-000109-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.