Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [NYSE: BW] closed the trading session at $3.52 on 2025-09-18. The day’s price range saw the stock hit a low of $3.1001, while the highest price level was $3.55.
The stocks have a year to date performance of 186.18 percent and weekly performance of 42.51 percent. The stock has been moved at 291.11 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 141.10 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 273.36 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 1.81M shares, BW reached to a volume of 5205091 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to 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.
BW stock trade performance evaluation
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 42.51. With this latest performance, BW shares gained by 141.10% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 291.11% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 114.63% in the past year of trading.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]: An insightful look at the core 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 per share (EPS) analysis for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW] stock
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.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc [BW]: Institutional Ownership
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%.
