Every material Form 8-K Badger Meter filed with the SEC in 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Badger Meter announced several executive appointments effective January 1, 2026, including Robert Wrocklage moving from Chief Financial Officer to Executive Vice President – North America Municipal Utility and Daniel Weltzien becoming Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The company also amended and restated key executive employment agreements, including the CEO's, which set change-in-control severance terms. The filing reports no financial results, and the changes are mainly leadership and compensation updates.
Robert Wrocklage, Senior Vice President – CFO since 2019, becomes Executive Vice President – North America Municipal Utility on January 1, 2026, with base salary rising to $550,000
Daniel Weltzien, currently Vice President – Controller and Treasurer, becomes Vice President – CFO and Treasurer on January 1, 2026, with base salary rising to $390,000
Amended executive employment agreements provide severance of three times annual cash compensation for CEO Kenneth Bockhorst and two times for other executive officers after a qualifying termination following a change in control
Badger Meter reported third-quarter 2025 results, with sales up 13% to $235.7 million and diluted EPS up 10% to $1.19. Excluding the SmartCover acquisition, sales rose 8%, and the company raised its normalized gross margin range to 39-42% from 38-40%. The company also increased its annual dividend rate 18% to $1.60 per share.
Total sales $235.7 million, up 13% from $208.4 million; Base sales (excluding SmartCover) $224.5 million, up 8%
Diluted EPS $1.19 versus $1.08 a year earlier, up 10%
Normalized gross margin range raised to 39-42% from 38-40%
Annual dividend rate increased 18% to $1.60 per share, the 33rd consecutive year of dividend growth
Badger Meter reported second quarter 2025 results on July 22, 2025, with net sales of $238.1 million, up 10% from $216.7 million a year earlier, and diluted EPS of $1.17, up 4% from $1.12. Operating margin narrowed to 18.8% from 19.2%, and the company said the SmartCover acquisition contributed to sales and expenses. Higher sales and per-share earnings are the main headline gains for shareholders, while the slightly lower margin and higher tax rate partly offset them.
Net sales were $238.1 million, up 10% from $216.7 million in the prior-year quarter, including the first full quarter of SmartCover
Diluted EPS was $1.17 versus $1.12; operating earnings rose 8% to $44.9 million
Operating margin was 18.8% versus 19.2%; cash provided by operations rose 22% to $44.6 million
Six-month acquisitions, net of cash acquired, totaled $184.0 million, per the cash flow statement
Badger Meter reported first quarter 2025 results, with net sales of $222.2 million, up 13% from $196.3 million a year earlier, and diluted EPS of $1.30, up 31% from $0.99. The results include two months of the SmartCover acquisition, which closed January 30, 2025, and the company said it will maintain its normalized gross margin range of 38-40%, below the 42.9% it reported in the quarter.
Net sales were $222.2 million, up 13% year-over-year; utility water sales rose 16%, or 12% excluding SmartCover.
Operating earnings rose 35% to $49.4 million, and operating margin widened to 22.2% from 18.6%.
Diluted EPS was $1.30 versus $0.99; cash fell to $131.4 million from $295.3 million at year-end 2024 after $184.9 million in acquisitions.
Management expects difficult prior-year comparisons in the second quarter of 2025 and kept its 38-40% normalized gross margin range.
Badger Meter reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results on January 31, 2025, with sales, operating profit and earnings per share all higher than a year earlier. The company also said it acquired SmartCover Systems, a sewer and lift station monitoring business, and the filing does not state the deal terms. For shareholders, the results show growth in both sales and profit, and the acquisition extends the company's BlueEdge product line.
Q4 2024 net sales were $205.2 million, up 13% from $182.4 million a year earlier.
Q4 diluted EPS was $1.04, up 24% from $0.84, and operating profit rose 22% with a 19.1% margin.
Full-year 2024 net sales were $826.6 million, up 18%, and diluted EPS was $4.23, up 35% from $3.14.
The company announced the acquisition of SmartCover Systems on January 31, 2025; the filing does not disclose its price.
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