Comparing Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT)

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Badger Meter has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Badger Meter and Insight Enterprises, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Badger Meter	1	5	6	0	2.42
Insight Enterprises	0	3	3	1	2.71

Badger Meter presently has a consensus price target of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.84%. Insight Enterprises has a consensus price target of $147.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.78%. Given Badger Meter’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Badger Meter is more favorable than Insight Enterprises.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Badger Meter and Insight Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Badger Meter	14.27%	18.03%	12.82%
Insight Enterprises	2.45%	22.70%	3.71%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Badger Meter and Insight Enterprises”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Badger Meter	$916.66 million	4.21	$141.63 million	$4.28	31.07
Insight Enterprises	$8.25 billion	0.55	$157.35 million	$6.83	22.68

Insight Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Badger Meter. Insight Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Insight Enterprises beats Badger Meter on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Badger Meter

Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement, quality, control, and communication solutions worldwide. It offers mechanical or static water meters, and related radio and software technologies and services to municipal water utilities market. The company also provides flow instrumentation products, including meters, valves, and other sensing instruments to measure and control fluids going through a pipe or pipeline, including water, air, steam, and other liquids and gases to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device within a product or system, as well as through manufacturers' representatives. In addition, the company offers ORION Cellular endpoints to power network as a service; ORION mobile read endpoints support for deploying AMR solution; radio products; hardware, instruments, and sensors, and related software, to enhance connected data to a water utility's operation; water quality monitoring solutions, including optical sensing and electrochemical instruments; and high frequency pressure and leak detection sensors to aid in burst pipe and leak events; as well as BEACON, a secure cloud-hosted software suite that establishes alerts for specific conditions and allows consumer engagement tools that permit end water customers to view and manage their water usage activity. Its flow instrumentation products are used in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and corporate sustainability markets. The company serves water utilities, commercial, and industrial industries; and provides training, project management, technical support, and other collaborative services for customers. It sells its products and software directly, as well as through resellers and representatives. The company was incorporated in 1905 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

About Insight Enterprises

Insight Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology, hardware, software, and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers modern platforms/infrastructure that manages and supports cloud and data platforms, modern networks, and edge technologies; cybersecurity solutions automates and connects modern platform securely; data and artificial intelligence modernizes data platforms and architectures, and build data analytics and AI solutions; modern workplace and apps; and intelligent edge solutions that gathers and utilizes data for real-time decision making. It also provides software maintenance solutions that offers clients to obtain software upgrades, bug fixes, help desk, and other support services; vendor direct support services contracts; and cloud/software-as-a-service subscription products. In addition, the company designs, procures, deploys, implements, and manages solutions that combine hardware, software, and services to help businesses. It serves construction, esports, financial services, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and restaurant, service providers, small to medium business, and travel and tourism industries. Insight Enterprises, Inc., was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.