Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. BW
$5.70 -1.55% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $848.4M
Strong growthHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 56.5% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +108.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 93.0 percentage points.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $844.1M, up 48.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from 1.5% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 2%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 49%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginBottom 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 34%
- Interest coverBottom 34%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 4%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.5% | 48.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 20.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -2.4% | 3.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -24.0% | -6.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 48.4% | 1.5% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 25.5% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | -2.4% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Net margin | -11.0% | -19.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -6.9% | -24.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | — | Bottom 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.2% | — | Bottom 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -47.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.88%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -14.64%
- Shareholder yield
- -13.77%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +56.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +20.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +10.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.50
- Target vs current price
- +277.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 14%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +63.3% | -5.2% | +9.8% | -24.2% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -1900.0% | +30.1% | +50.3% | +9.2% | -34.5% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | -25.0% | +45.7% | +73.3% | +81.4% | +136.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +30.8% | -4.6% | +76.0% | +59.4% | +145.9% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -66.7% | -3.8% | +18.2% | +63.6% | +197.0% |
| May 12, 2025 | +23.1% | +30.1% | +58.7% | +134.9% | +143.0% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4600.0% | -5.2% | -53.6% | -41.0% | +35.4% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -650.0% | -3.8% | -28.1% | -28.1% | -47.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.02 | +63.3% | $319.7M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.60 | -$0.03 | -1900.0% | $214.4M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | -$0.05 | -$0.04 | -25.0% | $161.0M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.09 | +30.8% | $149.0M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.10 | -$0.06 | -66.7% | $144.1M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.10 | -$0.13 | +23.1% | $181.2M |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -$0.47 | -$0.01 | -4600.0% | $66.3M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.11 | $0.02 | -650.0% | $209.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 39.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.00× | — | — | Top 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -6.86% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Earnings yield | -15.26% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.8× – 119.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -19.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -28.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -51.0%
- RSI (14)
- 32.4
- Relative volume
- 0.97×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 94.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 45th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 3.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -73.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -93.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2021 | Apr 21, 2025 | -97.4% | 857 days | 193 days (Jan 27, 2026) |
| May 15, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -73.9% | 96 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | -38.0% | 115 days | 42 days (Nov 12, 2021) |
| Dec 11, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 | -30.0% | 11 days | 12 days (Jan 15, 2021) |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | -28.8% | 2 days | 2 days (Mar 17, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $848.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $844.1M
- 52-week range
- $2.71 – $22.03
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $710.9M | $609.4M | $727.3M | $717.3M | $587.7M |
| Gross profit | $175.0M | $145.1M | $176.7M | $177.0M | $143.9M |
| Operating income | $19.4M | -$1.2M | $16.6M | $25.1M | $22.9M |
| Net income | $30.9M | -$22.9M | -$197.2M | -$59.9M | -$36.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.26 | -$0.43 | -$2.38 | -$0.82 | -$0.48 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $209.9M | $66.3M | $148.6M | $144.1M | $149.0M | $161.0M | $214.4M | $319.7M |
| Net income | -$5.3M | -$63.1M | -$23.0M | -$21.6M | -$18.1M | -$12.2M | -$76.9M | $14.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | -$0.71 | -$0.26 | -$0.63 | -$0.21 | -$0.13 | -$0.60 | $0.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$111.2M | -$30.6M | -$42.3M | -$118.7M | -$68.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.7M | -$13.2M | -$9.8M | -$11.2M | -$16.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$117.9M | -$43.9M | -$52.1M | -$129.9M | -$85.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $155.9M | -$2.8M | -$1.4M | $7.6M | $129.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $308.6M
- Total assets
- $999.6M
- Total liabilities
- $942.2M
- Total debt
- $304.7M
- Net debt
- -$4.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $57.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 24,086,463
- Days to cover
- 5.40
- Change vs previous report
- +12.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 24, 2019
- 1-for-10