BMIBadger Meter, Inc.

$151.21-14% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: insiders net buying, but a crowded short (+16% of shares).

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Overbought (RSI 83). Price is +8% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction+$102K (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net buyers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026.

Short interest16% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

A crowded short, settled Sep 30, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnbehind 77% of the market
vs 200-day avgbetter than 69% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How BMI is trading

Badger Meter, Inc. is −14% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 30 points behind the market. Through the fall, its own insiders bought $224K more stock than they sold.

−14%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+8.3%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
83

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
19%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$113.03 – $251.52 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$151.21
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+16%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
−14%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+56%
vs 50-day average$130.44
+16%
52-week high
$186.32
52-week low
$113.03
Annualised volatility
42%
Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$224K
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)−13%
2025−17%
2024+38%
2023+43%
2022+3.2%
2021+14%
2020+46%
2019+33%
2018+4.1%
2017+31%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan105 of 10−2.0%
Feb106 of 10+4.4%
Mar104 of 10−3.8%
Apr106 of 10+0.64%
May107 of 10+2.8%
Jun108 of 10+4.7%
Jul116 of 11+2.4%
Aug116 of 11+0.18%
Sep115 of 11−1.1%
Oct116 of 11+2.9%
Nov109 of 10+7.1%
Dec106 of 10+1.1%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.

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