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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. BW

NYSE · stock · Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces · website · IPO 2015-06-16 · LEI

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. statistics & valuation

Market cap$2.2B
P / S3.7×
Net margin-6.2%
FCF margin-14.6%
Return on capital7.5%

Market cap as of 2026-06-29. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports.

Profitability & efficiency

Net margin (%)
-8.10% -28.30% -68.30% -14.20% -1.80% 4.30% -3.80% -33.60% -10.30% -6.20% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross margin (%)
9.70% 1.80% -12.20% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Operating margin (%)
-7.70% -23.60% -40.20% -3.40% -0.30% 2.70% -0.20% -3.40% -1.10% 3.50% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on equity (%)
-20.60% -199.20% 52.70% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
50.1M 46.9M 16.9M 46.4M 54.5M 86.3M 88.7M 89.4M 95.1M 130.4M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ($)
-$43.7M -$12.6M $126.0M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Share buybacks ($)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on assets (%)
-7.60% -28.70% -97.30% -19.50% -1.70% 3.40% -2.40% -25.40% -8.20% -5.50% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Free cash flow margin (%)
-1.40% -15.20% -27.00% -21.00% -8.70% -16.60% -7.20% -8.90% -22.40% -14.60% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Debt / equity (×)
0.00× 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EPS ($)
-$2.31 -$8.09 -$3.87 -$0.21 $0.26 -$0.43 -$2.38 -$0.82 -$0.48 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Gross margin———————-12.2%1.8%9.7%
Operating margin3.5%-1.1%-3.4%-0.2%2.7%-0.3%-3.4%-40.2%-23.6%-7.7%
Net margin-6.2%-10.3%-33.6%-3.8%4.3%-1.8%-14.2%-68.3%-28.3%-8.1%
FCF margin-14.6%-22.4%-8.9%-7.2%-16.6%-8.7%-21.0%-27.0%-15.2%-1.4%
Return on assets-5.5%-8.2%-25.4%-2.4%3.4%-1.7%-19.5%-97.3%-28.7%-7.6%
Return on equity27.5%21.1%98.1%888.2%52.7%3.1%41.2%253.5%-199.2%-20.6%
Debt / equity—————-0.55×—-0.11×0.00×—
Current ratio1.221.361.421.502.301.460.680.770.981.26

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.