
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises shares (BW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises employs 1,750 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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- Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's financials
- How volatile are BW shares?
- Does Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises pay a dividend?
- Have BW shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises stock price (NYSE: BW)
Use our graph to track the performance of BW stocks over time.Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises shares at a glance
Latest market close | $5.99 |
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52-week range | $5.19 - $10.37 |
50-day moving average | $6.76 |
200-day moving average | $7.53 |
Wall St. target price | $11.50 |
PE ratio | 21.0839 |
Dividend yield | $0 (0%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.29 |
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Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $5.99 from 2022-07-01
1 week (2022-06-28) | -2.44% |
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1 month (2022-06-03) | -14.18% |
3 months (2022-04-05) | -27.92% |
6 months (2022-01-05) | -32.39% |
1 year (2021-07-02) | -19.27% |
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2 years (2020-07-02) | 168.61% |
3 years (2019-07-05) | 1,614.86% |
5 years (2017-07-05) | 11.71 |
Is Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's P/E ratio
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises shares trade at around 21x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's EBITDA
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $93.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises financials
Revenue TTM | $759.2 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 9.59% |
Gross profit TTM | $180.6 million |
Return on assets TTM | 5.92% |
Return on equity TTM | 0% |
Profit margin | 5.02% |
Book value | $0.22 |
Market capitalisation | $520.6 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises share dividends
We're not expecting Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Have Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's shares ever split?
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 23 July 2019. So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises shares which in turn could have impacted Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's share price.
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.19 up to $10.37. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's is 2.5009. This would suggest that Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises overview
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides energy and emissions control solutions to a range of industrial, electrical utility, municipal, and other customers worldwide. It operates through three segments: Babcock & Wilcox Renewable; Babcock & Wilcox Environmental; and Babcock & Wilcox Thermal. The Babcock & Wilcox Renewable segment offers technologies for waste-to-energy, solar construction and installation, and biomass energy systems, as well as black liquor systems for the pulp and paper industry. This segment provides technologies support solutions for diverting waste from landfills to use for power generation and replacing fossil fuels while recovering metals and reducing emissions. The Babcock & Wilcox Environmental segment offers a range of emissions control and environmental technology solutions for utility, waste to energy, biomass, carbon black, and industrial steam generation applications. This segment provides systems for cooling, ash handling, particulate control, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides removal, chemical looping for carbon control, and mercury control.
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises in the news
Babcock & Wilcox Bags More Than $20M Worth Of Contracts

B&W Environmental Awarded Contract to Supply Highly Efficient Cooling Technology for Pulp Mill in South America

Babcock & Wilcox Renewable Service Awarded $15 Million Contract for Biomass Boiler Installation Project in Europe
Frequently asked questions
What percentage of Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises is owned by insiders or institutions?Currently 3.272% of Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises shares are held by insiders and 82.888% by institutions. How many people work for Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises?
Latest data suggests 1,750 work at Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises. When does the fiscal year end for Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises?
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises based?
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's address is: 1200 East Market Street, Akron, OH, United States, 44305 What is Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's ISIN number?
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's international securities identification number is: US05614L2097 What is Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's CUSIP number?
Babcock-and-Wilcox Enterprises's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 05614L100
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