---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-24-000122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T17:09:24.423852+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter Q4 sales up 24% to $182.4M, EPS $0.84 (+40%); record full-year results

## Summary
- Q4 sales $182.4M (+24% YoY); diluted EPS $0.84 (+40%); operating margin 17.6% (up 230 bps).
- Full-year sales $703.6M (+24%); diluted EPS $3.14 (+39%); record cash flow from ops $110.1M.
- Utility water sales +28% YoY, driven by cellular AMI, BEACON SaaS, and E-Series ultrasonic meters.
- Software sales exceeded $42M (+27% YoY). Completed acquisition of remote water monitoring assets post-year-end.
- CEO expects 2024 sales and earnings growth year-over-year driven by resilient demand and backlog.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-24-000122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+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/9092/000115752324000122/0001157523-24-000122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752324000122/a53887922.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-24-000122
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-24-000122.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BADGER METER INC reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 26, 2024, Badger Meter, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752324000122/0001157523-24-000122-index.htm

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