BMI - Latest News
Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI), operates in Industrials / Industrial - Machinery, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $3.72B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 29.67. Beta to the broader market is 0.64.
The article list below shows the most recent BMI headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent BMI Headlines
Badger Meter (BMI) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Trade
zacks.com - Oct 15, 2026
In the most recent trading session, Badger Meter (BMI) closed at $126. 88, indicating a -1.
Badger Meter: Project Recovery And Software Growth Support A Buy
seekingalpha.com - Oct 14, 2026
Badger Meter is rated a buy, supported by strong growth prospects and a reasonable valuation. Ramp-up of nine large AMI projects and digitalization t
Badger Meter (BMI) Beats Stock Market Upswing: What Investors Need to Know
zacks.com - Oct 9, 2026
In the latest trading session, Badger Meter (BMI) closed at $131. 38, marking a +2.
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fool.com - Oct 9, 2026
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Badger Meter (BMI) Ascends While Market Falls: Some Facts to Note
zacks.com - Oct 8, 2026
Badger Meter (BMI) closed the most recent trading day at $127. 66, moving +2.
How News Affects BMI Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track BMI's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked BMI news questions
- What is the latest BMI news headline?
- The most recent BMI headline (Oct 15, 2026) is "Badger Meter (BMI) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Trade". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the BMI news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What BMI news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual BMI options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.