Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides energy and emissions control solutions to industrial, electrical utility, municipal, and other customers worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Babcock & Wilcox Renewable; Babcock & Wilcox Environmental; and Babcock & Wilcox Thermal. The Babcock & Wilcox Renewable segment offers technologies divert the waste from landfills for power generation and replacing fossil fuels and recovering metals and reducing emissions. It offers BrightLoop, a hydrogen generation technology that generates hydrogen from a range of fuels, including solid fuels, such as biomass and coal. This segment also provides technologies for power and heat generation comprising waste-to-energy; OxyBright, an oxygen-fired biomass-to-energy technology; and black liquor systems for the pulp and paper industry. 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 under the SolveBright, OxyBright, BrightLoop, and BrightGen names. The Babcock & Wilcox Thermal segment offers aftermarket parts, construction, maintenance, engineered upgrades, and field services for its installed bases, as well as the installed base of other OEMs for power generation, oil and gas, petrochemical, food and beverage, metals and mining, and others. This segment also provides steam generation systems, including package boilers, watertube and firetube waste heat boilers, and other boilers to medium and heavy industrial customers. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1867 and is based in Akron, Ohio.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.54 to $1.68
• 50-Day Range: $1.58 to $2.93
• 52-Week Range: $0.75 to $2.99
• Volume: 1.27 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.39 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $151.85 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $4.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 359th out of 653 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.36) to $0.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is -1.94, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is -1.94, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.50% of the outstanding shares of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has recently decreased by 11.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.50% of the outstanding shares of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has recently decreased by 11.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.64

News Sentiment

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for BW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -86% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.26% of the stock of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.17% of the stock of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BW Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BW shares performed this year?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' stock was trading at $1.46 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BW shares have increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $1.61.
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How were Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' earnings last quarter?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:BW) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 8th. The technology company reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.11. The company's revenue was up 38.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

When did Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' stock split?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's stock reverse split on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. The 1-10 reverse split was announced on Thursday, July 11th 2019. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Tuesday, July 23rd 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 10 shares after the split.

Does Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises have any subsidiaries?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises subsidiaries include these companies: Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies, SPIG, Americon Equipment Services Inc., Americon LLC, Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co. LLC, Babcock & Wilcox de Monterrey S.A. de C.V., Babcock & Wilcox Ebensburg Power LLC, and others.

Who are Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (2.47%), Royce & Associates LP (1.60%), GSA Capital Partners LLP (1.59%) and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (0.77%). Insiders that own company stock include B Riley Financial, Inc, Louis Salamone Jr, Jimmy B Morgan, Henry E Bartoli, John J Dziewisz, Joseph T Buckler, Philip D Moeller, Christopher S Riker, Alan B Howe and Joseph A Tato.
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How do I buy shares of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises investors own include Meta Platforms (META), Ford Motor (F), NVIDIA (NVDA), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), QUALCOMM (QCOM), NIO (NIO) and Micron Technology (MU).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/08/2023
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Heating equipment, except electric
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BW
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1630805
• Web: www.babcock.com
• Phone: (330) 753-4511
• Fax: 704-625-4910
• Employees: 2,250
• Year Founded: 1867

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $4.50
• High Stock Price Target: $8.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $2.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +179.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.83)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-197,210,000.00
• Net Margins: -6.77%
• Pretax Margin: -4.93%
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: -5.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.78
• Quick Ratio: 1.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $878.22 million
• Price / Sales: 0.17
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($2.24) per share
• Price / Book: -0.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 94,317,000
• Free Float: 90,299,000
• Market Cap: $151.85 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.70