Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Akron, United States | NYSE
18.36 USD
-0.07
(-0.380%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 18.41 +0.05 (0.280%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:57 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:51 p.m. EDT
Hype-driven momentum play trading on a complete earnings story reversal. The 191% yield claim and 'AI' narrative are driving a massive short-squeeze rally, but the underlying fundamentals (negative equity, negative operating cash flow, negative margins) make this a classic 'momentum trap.' While the technicals suggest continued upside as long as price holds above $12, the $10-strike put wall and near-term earnings risk suggest any profit-taking will trigger a violent reversal before the trend sustains into the multi-year hold required for fundamentals to turn. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.205584 |
| MSTL | 0.220827 |
| AutoETS | 0.256304 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.383114 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 4.99 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.178 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.34 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Revenue per Share | 5.575 |
| Market Cap | 2,492,219,648 |
| Forward P/E | 26.23 |
| Beta | 1.10 |
| Profit Margins | -6.15% |
| Website | https://www.babcock.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:51 p.m. EDT: Call data shows significant put/call dissonance for near-term expirations. At the April 17 expiry, OTM calls show higher volume (1.1k vs 888) and open interest than puts, suggesting a bullish floor with momentum building to $20 strikes. However, this is heavily contrasted by massive, concentrated put writing (OI > 9.0k at $10 strike) and high implied volatility (0.50) at deep OTM levels ($7, $10 puts). The $10 and $12.5 puts show significant new volume/loading in May-July, indicating speculators are hedging heavily against a crash below $10-thirty or buying deep puts as insurance against the recent 90% margin. This creates a 'long the small move, short the crash' sentiment, with a weak spot to $15 but strong tail-wind protection against further downside.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 68.80988 |
| Address1 | 1,200 East Market Street |
| Address2 | Suite 650 |
| All Time High | 239.9 |
| All Time Low | 0.224 |
| Ask | 18.36 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,970,460 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,015,403 |
| Average Volume | 4,015,403 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,970,460 |
| Beta | 1.1 |
| Bid | 18.29 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | -1.03 |
| City | Akron |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 18.36 |
| Current Ratio | 1.217 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 18.76 |
| Day Low | 17.51 |
| Display Name | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises |
| Dividend Date | 1,563,926,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,694,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,694,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,631,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,897,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,897,800 |
| Ebitda | 23,268,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03959 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 118.449 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.69 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,756,082,176 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.19 |
| Eps Forward | 0.7 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.45 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 13.014 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 5.3460007 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.41078845 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 6,880.9883 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 18.8 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.43999863 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.023404183 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.224 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 18.136 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 80.96428 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.224 - 18.8 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,434,461,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 97,951,047 |
| Forward Eps | 0.7 |
| Forward P E | 26.228573 |
| Free Cashflow | 92,693,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.24478 |
| Gross Profits | 143,851,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03512 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.73177004 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 135,741,811 |
| Industry | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Key | specialty-industrial-machinery |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,563,926,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:10 |
| Long Business Summary | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides energy and emissions control solutions to industrial, electrical utility, municipal, and other customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The company offers BrightLoop chemical looping technology, which produces steam, hydrogen, or syngas for applications in the energy, industrial, and agricultural sectors. It also provides steam generation equipment, including aftermarket parts, construction, maintenance, and field services; steam generation systems, such as package boilers, watertube and firetube waste heat boilers, and other boilers to medium and heavy industrial customers. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio. |
| Long Name | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,492,219,648 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_276172365 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -47,707,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,492,219,649 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 18.25 |
| Operating Cashflow | -68,890,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.00773 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 330 753 4511 |
| Post Market Change | 0.05139923 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.27995223 |
| Post Market Price | 18.4114 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,271 |
| Previous Close | 18.43 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 96.631584 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -17.825243 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.240805 |
| Profit Margins | -0.061529998 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.743 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0699997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.379814 |
| Regular Market Day High | 18.76 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 17.51 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 17.51 - 18.76 |
| Regular Market Open | 18.25 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 18.43 |
| Regular Market Price | 18.36 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,753,986 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01181 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.02 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.575 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 135,741,811 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0612 |
| Shares Short | 8,272,379 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,433,824 |
| Short Name | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0806 |
| Short Ratio | 1.3 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OH |
| Symbol | BW |
| Target High Price | 25.0 |
| Target Low Price | 17.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 20.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 19.0 |
| Total Cash | 95,956,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.709 |
| Total Debt | 368,660,992 |
| Total Revenue | 587,676,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.45 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 6.387895 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.972105 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 1.8741863 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,753,986 |
| Website | https://www.babcock.com |
| Zip | 44,305 |