BMI

Badger Meter, Inc.

Information Technology›Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components›Electronic Equipment & Instruments

15 stocks · 12 ETFs

data as of Aug 24, 2026

REPLACEMENT RESEARCH

Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for BMI

Among the 15 Electronic Equipment & Instruments peers screened, VNT (Vontier) has tracked BMI most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.26. The strongest fund stand-in is QQQ (Invesco QQQ Trust) at 0.17 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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STOCKS

Single-name peers

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
VNT	Vontier	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.26	0.35	0.40	—
ZBRA	Zebra Technologies	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.25	0.33	0.36	0.41
TDY	Teledyne Technologies	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.25	0.36	0.42	0.44
ITRI	Itron, Inc.	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.25	0.34	0.41	0.43
NSSC	Napco Security Technologies	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.22	0.24	0.24	0.27
ROP	Roper Technologies	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.22	0.28	0.36	0.44
PI	Impinj, Inc.	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.20	0.28	0.30	0.28
OSIS	OSI Systems, Inc.	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.20	0.32	0.35	0.38
CGNX	Cognex	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.19	0.26	0.32	0.40
NOVT	Novanta	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.17	0.31	0.39	0.43
MIR	Mirion Technologies, Inc.	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.16	0.27	0.30	—
CXT	Crane NXT	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.15	0.29	0.35	0.45
KEYS	Keysight Technologies	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.15	0.29	0.36	0.40
DBD	Diebold Nixdorf	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.14	0.24	0.24	—
RAL	Ralliant Corp	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	0.08	—	—	—

ETFS

Fund stand-ins

An ETF is generally not 'substantially identical' to a single stock, which is why funds are the standard wash-sale-aware replacement.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.17	0.34	0.42	0.47
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.17	0.34	0.42	—
CLOU	Global X Cloud Computing ETF	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.14	0.30	0.38	0.39
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.14	0.31	0.38	0.44
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.14	0.29	0.37	0.43
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.14	0.32	0.41	0.48
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.13	0.29	0.37	0.44
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.13	0.32	0.41	0.48
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.13	0.28	0.35	0.37
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.13	0.31	0.40	0.47
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.12	0.29	0.37	0.44
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.12	0.28	0.38	0.42

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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.