Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Akron, United States | NYSE
10.93 USD
-0.77
(-6.581%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 11.00 +0.07 (0.640%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:27 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured by a stark divergence between aggressive speculation and deteriorating reality. While the options market is screaming for a sudden, massive price jump—likely driven by the news of index inclusion—the underlying business shows no signs of recovery. The company has suffered a catastrophic multi-year decline, dropping nearly 99% over the last nine years, with the last two years seeing double-digit contractions. Fundamentals are broken: the company is generating negative operating cash flow, has negative book value, and is trading at a forward P/E that implies earnings where none currently exist. The recent surge in price appears to be a speculative mania fueled by the index news, but without a turnaround in profitability or a restoration of a balance sheet, this looks like a classic value trap where the market is pricing in a miracle that the financial statements do not support. The short-term momentum is artificially inflated by options flow, but the long-term outlook remains deeply bearish. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.166316 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.167087 |
| AutoETS | 0.167721 |
| AutoTheta | 0.186352 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 1.03 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.186 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.59 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Revenue per Share | 5.713 |
| Market Cap | 1,626,816,128 |
| Forward P/E | 23.01 |
| Beta | 1.17 |
| Profit Margins | -13.94% |
| Website | https://www.babcock.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 4:27 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively betting on a massive gap-up event, evidenced by heavy volume in deep out-of-the-money calls (strikes $23, $35) and puts (strikes $24, $35) with inflated implied volatility. This 'lottery ticket' positioning suggests a binary outcome expectation rather than a linear price appreciation. However, the lack of significant open interest accumulation in near-term strikes relative to the volume indicates a speculative, potentially short-lived squeeze rather than a sustained trend.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 10.359223 |
| Address1 | 1,200 East Market Street |
| Address2 | Suite 650 |
| All Time High | 239.9 |
| All Time Low | 0.224 |
| Ask | 10.95 |
| Ask Size | 1,700 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 5,852,150 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,832,429 |
| Average Volume | 3,832,429 |
| Average Volume10Days | 5,852,150 |
| Beta | 1.168 |
| Bid | 10.9 |
| Bid Size | 1,200 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | -1.299 |
| City | Akron |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 10.93 |
| Current Ratio | 0.993 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 12.39 |
| Day Low | 10.87 |
| Display Name | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises |
| Dividend Date | 1,563,926,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,533,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,533,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,502,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,365,000 |
| Ebitda | 23,661,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03621 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 71.773 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.599 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,698,213,632 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.15 |
| Eps Forward | 0.475 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.88 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 16.3098 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -5.379799 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.3298507 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 1,035.9224 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 22.03 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -11.1 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5038584 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.873 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.057 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 11.520045 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.873 - 22.03 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,434,461,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 102,743,727 |
| Forward Eps | 0.475 |
| Forward P E | 23.010527 |
| Free Cashflow | 226,357,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.24414 |
| Gross Profits | 159,540,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0342 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.88494 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 148,839,531 |
| 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 | 1,626,816,128 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_276172365 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -111,697,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,741,422,512 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 12.33 |
| Operating Cashflow | -42,624,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.00604 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 330 753 4511 |
| Post Market Change | 0.069999695 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.64043635 |
| Post Market Price | 11.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,987,097 |
| Previous Close | 11.7 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 72.86667 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -8.414165 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.4894202 |
| Profit Margins | -0.13939999 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.688 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.77 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -6.58119 |
| Regular Market Day High | 12.39 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 10.87 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 10.87 - 12.39 |
| Regular Market Open | 12.33 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 11.7 |
| Regular Market Price | 10.93 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,803 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,040,298 |
| Return On Assets | 0.011419999 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.443 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.713 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 148,839,531 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0919 |
| Shares Short | 13,679,394 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,850,614 |
| Short Name | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1163 |
| Short Ratio | 3.6 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OH |
| Symbol | BW |
| Target High Price | 26.0 |
| Target Low Price | 23.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 24.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 25.0 |
| Total Cash | 112,645,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.827 |
| Total Debt | 321,979,008 |
| Total Revenue | 653,491,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.88 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 10.5377 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.3923006 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.037228297 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,040,298 |
| Website | https://www.babcock.com |
| Zip | 44,305 |