Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [NYSE: BW] traded at a high on Tuesday, posting a 46.10 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $0.95.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 7646918 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc stands at 25.22% while the volatility over the past one month is 21.36%.
The market cap for BW stock reached $93.19 million, with 98.40 million shares outstanding and 92.75 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.62M shares, BW reached a trading volume of 7646918 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BW shares is $2.50 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BW stock is a recommendation set at 2.33. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
DA Davidson have made an estimate for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on April 07, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Craig Hallum raised their target price from $10 to $2. The new note on the price target was released on November 10, 2023, representing the official price target for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $11, while Craig Hallum analysts kept a Buy rating on BW stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc is set at 0.10, with the Price to Sales ratio for BW stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.13.
How has BW stock performed recently?
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 115.25. With this latest performance, BW shares gained by 217.22% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -62.27% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -22.39% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for BW stock in for the last two-week period is set at 76.86, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 87.38, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 67.30 for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 0.6157, while it was recorded at 0.5945 for the last single week of trading, and 1.4042 for the last 200 days.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.73 and a Current Ratio set at 0.94.
Insider trade positions for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]
There are presently around $71.77%, or 75.86%% of BW stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BW stocks are: B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC. with ownership of 27.45 million shares, which is approximately 30.1448%. NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC, holding 6.05 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$8.78 million in BW stocks shares; and NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC, currently with $$6.17 million in BW stock with ownership which is approximately 4.6712%.
