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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BMI Badger Meter	$184.75 +8.2%	$203.44	$151.18 ▼ $239.11	$5.43B	0.84	200,255 shs	318,364 shs
CAT Caterpillar	$301.43 +10.0%	$336.81	$266.62 ▼ $418.50	$144.06B	1.21	2.62 million shs	6.45 million shs
MMM 3M	$138.40 +8.8%	$147.03	$90.17 ▼ $156.35	$74.64B	1.01	4.13 million shs	6.43 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BMI Badger Meter	-1.22%	-11.52%	-19.78%	-20.47%	+8.11%
CAT Caterpillar	-2.64%	-17.72%	-22.54%	-24.64%	-27.21%
MMM 3M	-1.15%	-13.95%	-13.13%	-5.36%	+38.28%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BMI Badger Meter	4.3114 of 5 stars	3.2	1.0	3.3	1.6	3.9	2.5	1.9
CAT Caterpillar	4.9414 of 5 stars	4.2	4.0	4.2	1.3	3.2	3.3	2.5
MMM 3M	4.4344 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.8	3.5	2.5	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BMI Badger Meter	2.40	Hold	$225.20	21.89% Upside
CAT Caterpillar	2.39	Hold	$373.20	23.81% Upside
MMM 3M	2.63	Moderate Buy	$147.47	6.55% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CAT, MMM, and BMI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/8/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$430.00 ➝ $320.00
4/8/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$438.00 ➝ $389.00
4/8/2025	MMM 3M	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C+)
4/8/2025	MMM 3M	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$165.00 ➝ $140.00
3/27/2025	BMI Badger Meter	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$251.00
3/26/2025	BMI Badger Meter	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Moderate Buy
3/22/2025	MMM 3M	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C+)
3/7/2025	MMM 3M	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
3/6/2025	MMM 3M	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$175.00 ➝ $179.00
2/27/2025	MMM 3M	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$96.00 ➝ $96.00
2/19/2025	CAT Caterpillar	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$365.00 ➝ $375.00

(Data available from 4/9/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BMI Badger Meter	$826.56M	6.57	$4.52 per share	40.84	$20.61 per share	8.96
CAT Caterpillar	$64.81B	2.22	$23.24 per share	12.97	$40.79 per share	7.39
MMM 3M	$24.58B	3.04	$9.29 per share	14.90	$7.17 per share	19.30

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BMI Badger Meter	$124.94M	$4.23	43.68	34.34	3.89	15.12%	21.77%	15.90%	4/17/2025 (Estimated)
CAT Caterpillar	$10.79B	$22.07	13.66	13.63	1.87	16.65%	58.18%	12.57%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)
MMM 3M	$4.17B	$7.55	18.33	16.61	3.30	15.71%	100.77%	9.84%	4/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest CAT, MMM, and BMI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	MMM 3M	$1.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.78 billion	N/A
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	CAT Caterpillar	$4.33	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.64 billion	N/A
4/17/2025	Q1 2025	BMI Badger Meter	$1.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	$220.39 million	N/A
1/31/2025	Q4 2024	BMI Badger Meter	$1.01	$1.04	+$0.03	$1.04	$202.75 million	N/A
1/30/2025	Q4 2024	CAT Caterpillar	$4.97	$5.14	+$0.17	$5.78	$16.53 billion	N/A
1/21/2025	Q4 2024	MMM 3M	$1.66	$1.68	+$0.02	$1.33	$5.77 billion	$6.01 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BMI Badger Meter	$1.36	0.74%	+17.09%	32.15%	32 Years
CAT Caterpillar	$5.64	1.87%	+8.25%	25.56%	30 Years
MMM 3M	$2.92	2.11%	-15.20%	38.68%	N/A

Latest CAT, MMM, and BMI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/9/2025	CAT Caterpillar	quarterly	$1.41	2.06%		4/21/2025	5/20/2025
2/14/2025	BMI Badger Meter	quarterly	$0.34	0.63%	2/28/2025	2/28/2025	3/14/2025
2/4/2025	MMM 3M	quarterly	$0.73	1.92%	2/14/2025	2/14/2025	3/12/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BMI Badger Meter	N/A	4.57	3.36
CAT Caterpillar	1.40	1.42	0.89
MMM 3M	2.86	1.41	1.08

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BMI Badger Meter	89.01%
CAT Caterpillar	70.98%
MMM 3M	65.25%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BMI Badger Meter	0.80%
CAT Caterpillar	0.29%
MMM 3M	0.34%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BMI Badger Meter	1,980	29.41 million	29.18 million	Optionable
CAT Caterpillar	109,100	477.93 million	476.55 million	Optionable
MMM 3M	92,000	539.32 million	541.05 million	Optionable

CAT, MMM, and BMI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

3M (NYSE:MMM) Price Target Lowered to $140.00 at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

April 9 at 12:52 PM | marketbeat.com

3M (NYSE:MMM) Receives "Hold (C+)" Rating from Weiss Ratings

April 9 at 4:07 AM | americanbankingnews.com

3M (NYSE:MMM) Receives Hold (C+) Rating from Weiss Ratings

April 9 at 2:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Lowers Stake in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 8 at 6:31 AM | marketbeat.com

3M Announces Upcoming Investor Event

April 8 at 6:30 AM | prnewswire.com

Fmr LLC Has $1.13 Billion Holdings in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 8 at 6:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 8 at 5:11 AM | marketbeat.com

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April 7 at 1:00 PM | zacks.com

Polymer Capital Management US LLC Takes $2.84 Million Position in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 7 at 6:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Cerity Partners LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 7 at 6:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Clarkston Capital Partners LLC Trims Stock Position in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 7 at 6:25 AM | marketbeat.com

3M (NYSE:MMM) Shares Sold by Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd

April 7 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

3M (NYSE:MMM) Shares Sold by Prudential PLC

April 7 at 5:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Analysts Set 3M (NYSE:MMM) Price Target at $149.13

April 7 at 2:55 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co Cuts Stake in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 6 at 5:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Raises Position in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 6 at 5:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Aviva PLC Acquires 12,081 Shares of 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 6 at 5:22 AM | marketbeat.com

KCM Investment Advisors LLC Sells 2,168 Shares of 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 6 at 5:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. Makes New Investment in 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 6 at 5:14 AM | marketbeat.com

3M (NYSE:MMM) Shares Sold by Wells Fargo & Company MN

April 6 at 5:05 AM | marketbeat.com

ExodusPoint Capital Management LP Sells 106,780 Shares of 3M (NYSE:MMM)

April 6 at 4:48 AM | marketbeat.com

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CAT, MMM, and BMI Company Descriptions

Badger Meter NYSE:BMI

$184.75 +14.03 (+8.22%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$184.59 -0.16 (-0.09%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

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.

Caterpillar NYSE:CAT

$301.43 +27.49 (+10.04%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$303.88 +2.44 (+0.81%)

As of 06:42 PM Eastern

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, tractors, mining trucks, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, fleet management products, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions, as well as related parts and services. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, revolving charge accounts, repair/rebuild financing services, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. Its All Other Operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; logistics solutions and distribution services; brand management and marketing strategy services; and digital investments services. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

3M NYSE:MMM

$138.40 +11.24 (+8.84%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$138.57 +0.17 (+0.12%)

As of 06:36 PM Eastern

3M Company provides diversified technology services in the United States and internationally. The company's Safety and Industrial segment offers industrial abrasives and finishing for metalworking applications; autobody repair solutions; closure systems for personal hygiene products, masking, and packaging materials; electrical products and materials for construction and maintenance, power distribution, and electrical original equipment manufacturers; structural adhesives and tapes; respiratory, hearing, eye, and fall protection solutions; and natural and color-coated mineral granules for shingles. Its Transportation and Electronics segment provides ceramic solutions; attachment/bonding products, films, sound, and temperature management for transportation vehicles; premium large format graphic films for advertising and fleet signage; light management films and electronics assembly solutions; packaging and interconnection solutions; semiconductor production materials; data centers solutions; and reflective signage for highway, and vehicle safety. The company's Consumer segment provides consumer bandages, braces, supports, and consumer respirators; home cleaning products; retail abrasives, paint accessories, car care DIY products, picture hanging, and consumer air quality solutions; and stationery products. It offers its products through e-commerce and traditional wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors, and dealers. 3M Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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