Badger Meter vs CPI Card Group
Badger Meter reported revenue of $917 million in fiscal 2025, 1.7 times CPI Card Group's $544 million in fiscal 2025. Badger Meter's revenue grew 10.9% in its latest year, and CPI Card Group's grew 13.1%. Badger Meter had an operating margin of 20.0%, against 10.1% at CPI Card Group. Free cash flow was $170 million at Badger Meter and $41 million at CPI Card Group.
Side by side
| Badger Meter | CPI Card Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $917M | $544M |
| Revenue growth | 10.9% | 13.1% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 16.6% | 11.7% |
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 31.3% |
| Operating margin | 20.0% | 10.1% |
| Net margin | 15.4% | 2.8% |
| Free cash flow | $170M | $41M |
| Free cash flow margin | 18.5% | 7.6% |
| Return on capital | — | 14.8% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 3.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $58M | $0M |
| Change in diluted share count | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Last close | $158.18 | $24.36 |
| P/E at the last close | 37.4× | 17.9× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $1.6 million, sold $596,002 | bought $14.9 million, sold $83.7 million |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 4 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Badger Meter and CPI Card Group pages.