Babcock & Wilcox Company stock analysis
Babcock & Wilcox Company (UBW1) Stock Price & Analysis
UBW1 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 4.11 - EUR 4.20
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 2.77 - EUR 20.40
- Previous Close
- EUR 4.25
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 40
- Market Cap
- EUR 636.33M
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 1.07B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 74.66M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 247.22M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- ―
- Beta
- 1.40
- Next Earnings
- Mar 09, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.07
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- N/A
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Bookings And Backlog
Rapid bookings and backlog growth strengthen forward revenue visibility and indicate expanding demand for B&W’s equipment and services. A larger contracted work base can support multi-quarter execution, improve capacity planning, and provide a foundation for sustained growth beyond one reporting period.
Parts And Services Momentum
Record parts and services bookings reinforce B&W’s aftermarket platform, which generates demand from maintenance, upgrades, outages, and replacement parts across installed equipment. This business can provide a more recurring revenue stream and improve resilience versus relying only on large project awards.
Improving Operating Results
The sharp quarterly revenue increase, together with higher operating income and adjusted EBITDA, shows that project volume is translating into improved reported earnings. If execution continues, this operating scale can strengthen earnings capacity and support investment in the company’s growth opportunities.
Bears Say
Persistent Cash Burn
Deeply negative operating and free cash flow indicates that reported earnings have not yet converted into internally generated cash. Continued burn can restrict funding flexibility, increase reliance on financing or working-capital improvements, and reduce the company’s ability to absorb project or execution setbacks.
Volatile Balance Sheet
The recent return to positive equity is encouraging, but the history of negative equity and still-elevated debt relative to equity signal ongoing financial risk. This capital structure leaves less margin for error if projects underperform and can constrain strategic flexibility while the balance sheet continues to recover.
Margin And Labor Pressure
Lower margins on construction-heavy work and labor-related project pressure show that growth does not automatically translate into durable profitability. Costly skilled labor and execution challenges can erode returns on large contracts, making margin recovery dependent on project completion, mix, and disciplined risk management.
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Company Description
Babcock & Wilcox Company
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., known as BW, operates globally to deliver specialized solutions for energy generation and environmental emissions management through its subsidiaries. The company serves a wide array of international clients, including industrial facilities, electric power utilities, municipal organizations, and other commercial enterprises. Its operations are structured into three distinct divisions: Babcock & Wilcox Renewable, Babcock & Wilcox Environmental, and Babcock & Wilcox Thermal. The Babcock & Wilcox Renewable segment concentrates on sustainable energy technologies. This encompasses systems for converting waste into energy, the construction and setup of solar projects, and the development of biomass energy solutions. It also supplies crucial black liquor systems for the pulp and paper industry. This division aims to provide advanced technologies that reroute waste from landfills for electricity production, replace fossil fuels with cleaner options, enable metal recovery, and significantly lower emissions. Secondly, the Babcock & Wilcox Environmental segment offers an extensive suite of cutting-edge technologies designed for pollution control and environmental safeguarding. These solutions cater to diverse applications, including power utilities, waste-to-energy plants, biomass operations, carbon black manufacturing, and industrial steam generation. Its comprehensive portfolio features systems for thermal cooling, ash handling, controlling fine particulate matter, mitigating nitrogen and sulfur oxide pollutants, utilizing chemical looping for carbon capture, and managing mercury discharges. Finally, the Babcock & Wilcox Thermal segment is dedicated to equipment and services related to steam generation. It furnishes steam-generating apparatus, replacement components for existing systems, and provides comprehensive construction, upkeep, and on-site support services for facilities within the power generation, oil and gas, and general industrial sectors. This division boasts a significant installed base of equipment that supports both public utilities and a broad spectrum of industrial applications, such as refining, petrochemical production, food processing, and metallurgy. Established in 1867, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. maintains its primary corporate offices in Akron, Ohio.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- CEO
- Kenneth Young
- Employees
- 1,625
- Website
- www.babcock.com
- Address
- 1200 East Market Street Suite 650Akron, 44305United States, Akron, OH, 44305, US
Babcock & Wilcox Company (UBW1) Earnings & Revenues
UBW1 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. Highlights significantly outweighed lowlights, with substantial year-over-year growth in revenue, bookings, backlog, operating income, net income and adjusted EBITDA, along with debt repayment, share repurchases, expanded utility and industrial opportunities, and progress on the North Dakota and BrightLoop projects. The main challenges were gross-margin effects from product mix and a labor issue on one project, nationwide skilled-labor availability, higher accounts receivable affecting near-term cash flow, and the fact that prospective large bookings remain unsigned.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 6 | 0 | 6 |











