Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Apr 27, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Apr 29, 2026
DirectorGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001193125-26-191091
Filed / recorded
Apr 29, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 6, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
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form4-xml-v2
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
BADGER METER INC
Issuer CIK
9092
Ticker
BMI
Reporting person
James F Stern
Relationship
Director
Security
Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Apr 27, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
952
Price per share
$122.96
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
8,551
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Shares granted pursuant to the 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan as approved by shareholders on April 30, 2021. Non-employee directors are given an annual grant of Badger Meter Common Stock on the first business day following the Company's annual meeting. This year's grant is equal to $125,000 as rounded down to the nearest whole share based on a 10-day average closing price of the Company's Common stock.