VP Richard Htwe buys $501,153 of Badger Meter Inc (BMI)

Richard Htwe, vice president of Badger Meter Inc, bought 3,370 shares on the open market on February 5, 2026 at an average of $148.71 a share, for a total of $501,153. The purchase was reported to the SEC on Form 4 on February 9, 2026.

It raised their holding by 222%, to 4,885 shares.

The purchase came after a fall: Badger Meter Inc stock was down 18.8% over the 13 weeks before.

2 other insiders also bought at least $10,000 of BMI within 30 days, which makes this a cluster buy.

In the 12 months up to this filing, Badger Meter Inc insiders reported 1 open-market purchase and 0 sales.

WallStPal Score: 66 out of 100, because of raised their holding by 222%; a large purchase; 2 other insiders also bought; the stock had fallen 18.8% in the 13 weeks before.

What happened next: after 1 month the stock was up 2.5% (3.4 points better than the S&P 500); after 6 months the stock was down 7.9% (15.9 points worse than the S&P 500). Based on weekly prices from the week of the purchase.

Our read

The first open-market purchase by Richard Htwe in our records. It is worth reading next to the company's own results and news before drawing conclusions.

Source: SEC Form 4 filing ↗. This story was written automatically from the filing and weekly price data. Information, not investment advice.

Examples

Big insider purchases have made news before. In January 2016, with bank stocks falling, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon bought 500,000 JPMorgan shares, about $26 million of his own money, and the purchase was widely reported as a sign of confidence.

Explain it like I'm 13

Richard Htwe helps run Badger Meter Inc. Spending $501,153 of their own money on the company's stock is like a coach buying a big stack of tickets to their own team's games: it suggests they think the team will do well. It is not a promise, and insiders can be wrong.

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