Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [NYSE: BW] slipped around -0.35 points on Thursday, while shares priced at $2.19 at the close of the session, down -13.78%.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc stock is now 85.59% up from its year-to-date (YTD) trading value. BW Stock saw the intraday high of $2.55 and lowest of $1.99 per share. The company’s 52-week high price is 2.99, which means current price is +877.24% above from all time high which was touched on 09/03/25.
Compared to the average trading volume of 2.28M shares, BW reached a trading volume of 5235121 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 $2.67 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.
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 19.02. With this latest performance, BW shares gained by 80.99% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 108.57% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 33.54% 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 66.74, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.25, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.19 for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 1.31, while it was recorded at 2.29 for the last single week of trading, and 1.18 for the last 200 days.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW] shares currently have an operating margin of 7.04% and a Gross Margin at 26.98%. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -31.07%.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (BW) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (BW) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (BW) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
From an operational efficiency perspective, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. (BW) effectively leverages its workforce, generating an average of -$95825.64 per employee. The company’s liquidity position is robust, with a Current Ratio of 1.00% and a Quick Ratio of 0.87%, indicating strong ability to cover short-term liabilities.
Earnings analysis for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc posted 0.1/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.1. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BW.
Insider trade positions for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]
There are presently around $60.96%, or 64.85%% 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%.
