BW vs CECO vs GLW Stock Comparison

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Ceco Environmental and Corning Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CECO Ceco Environmental Corp
$55.19 -21.8% 1M +14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.19B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$903.17M
Div. yield
–
Pollution Control Equipment Industrials
3 wins
GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$128.89 -18.8% 1M +42.8% 1Y
Market cap
$105.92B
P/E
49.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.72B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Corning leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Corning 4, Ceco Environmental 3, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBWCECOGLWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $597.79M $2.19B $105.92B GLW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -18.0x -71.5x 49.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.6x 22.9x 37.4x CECO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +42.6% +37.6% +18.8% BW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.0% -3.4% 12.1% GLW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.3% -0.3% 11.0% BW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.8x 23.5x 1.3x BW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +38.2% +14.9% +42.8% GLW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.8%/yr +51.7%/yr +29.4%/yr CECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 114.6% 67.3% 74.5% CECO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 49/100 59/100 GLW

Percentile Scorecard

BWCECOGLW

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBWCECOGLW
Valuation 62 #24 of 62 65 #8 of 21 23 #73 of 94
Growth 69 #19 of 59 28 #14 of 19 96 #5 of 92
Profitability 72 #16 of 55 60 #7 of 16 85 #14 of 86
Financial Health 38 #45 of 72 45 #12 of 21 60 #38 of 93
Shareholder Returns 11 #26 of 29 – 33 #48 of 71
Overall 50 49 59
  • BW ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • CECO ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBWCECOGLWSPY
1 month -21.6%-21.8%-18.8% +0.7%
3 months -51.8%-15.8%-4.8% +3.7%
6 months -70.9%-25.6%-21.5% +7.1%
Year to date -28.1%-7.8%+47.2% +12.8%
1 year +38.2%+14.9%+42.8% +11.9%
3 years +83.9%+249.5%+383.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +22.5%+51.8%+69.2% +22.8%
5 years -33.2%+702.2%+262.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -7.8%+51.7%+29.4% +10.9%
10 years -97.1%+445.4%+468.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year -29.8%+18.5%+19.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBWCECOGLWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 114.6%67.3%74.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 103.8%71.7%75.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.331.993.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.330.220.57 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.4%-52.1%-51.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -79.1%-44.6%-49.6% -1.2%
52-week high $21.85$99.67$255.69 $779.14
52-week low $3.30$47.44$78.03 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBWCECOGLW
P/E now vs peer median -19.5xmedian 26.6x -78.1xmedian 25.4x 51.7xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.6x 2.6xmedian 2.5x 6.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 18.9x 107.8xmedian 17.9x 26.5xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -11.7xmedian 30.1x -110.7xmedian 22.3x 45.1xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.8x 7.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -0.80median 0.97 1.48median 1.73 0.97median 1.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBWCECOGLW
Revenue $821.95M $903.17M $17.72B
Gross profit $160.14M $290.34M $6.46B
Operating income $22.49M -$5.38M $2.92B
Net income -$18.35M -$28.18M $2.35B
Free cash flow -$58.17M -$21.60M $2.46B
R&D – – $1.18B
EPS (diluted) $-0.21 $-0.71 $2.47
Cash & equivalents $308.63M $61.10M $2.54B
Total debt $209.43M $727.71M $8.23B
Shares (diluted) 154.51M 43.31M 871.00M
Enterprise value $68.76M $2.01B $97.59B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBWCECOGLW
P/E -19.5x -78.1x 51.7x
P/FCF -11.7x -110.7x 45.1x
P/Operating cash flow -19.6x -331.9x 26.5x
P/S 0.8x 2.6x 6.3x
P/B 11.8x 1.1x 7.8x
P/Tangible book 15.4x 2.2x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA 16.2x 107.8x 26.5x
EV/EBIT 25.8x -568.7x 40.0x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 3.4x 6.6x
EV/FCF -10.0x -141.5x 47.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -16.7x -424.5x 27.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.80 1.48 0.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBWCECOGLW
Revenue growth (1Y) 42.6% 37.6% 18.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 24.6% 10.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.7% 25.6% 21.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -2.8% 26.1% 18.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 879.4% -105.5% 46.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.5% -30.3% 48.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 87.7% -152.2% 57.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% -53.8% 53.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 87.1% -149.3% 56.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.6% -52.7% 53.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 72.4% -196.9% 85.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -73.7% -29.1% 30.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 57.3% -27.1% 111.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -120.7% -36.0% 84.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBWCECOGLW
Gross margin 19.5% 32.1% 36.5%
EBITDA margin 4.4% 3.1% 24.9%
Operating margin 2.7% -0.6% 16.5%
Pretax margin -8.8% -3.9% 15.9%
Net margin -4.0% -3.4% 12.1%
FCF margin -7.1% -2.4% 13.9%
Operating cash flow margin -4.2% -0.8% 23.7%
Return on equity – -2.3% 17.1%
Return on assets -8.9% -1.2% 7.0%
Return on invested capital 14.3% -0.3% 11.0%
Return on capital employed 5.9% -0.3% 10.8%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 0.3x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% 2.2% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBWCECOGLW
Debt / assets 21.0% 19.5% 24.1%
Debt / equity 3.7x 0.3x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.8x 23.5x 1.3x
Debt / FCF -3.6x -33.7x 3.3x
Liabilities / assets 94.3% 44.3% 58.1%
Equity / assets 5.7% 55.7% 41.9%
Interest coverage 0.9x -0.2x 8.0x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.5x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.88 1.22 5.04

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBWCECOGLW
Dividend yield – – 0.9%
Net buyback yield -56.5% – -0.5%
Shareholder yield -56.5% 0.0% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 43.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 41.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 1.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBWCECOGLW
Forward P/E 32.6xFY2026 22.9xFY2026 37.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.14FY2026 $2.41FY2026 $3.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +167.8%FY2026 +36.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +221.4% +27.4% +24.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.01BFY2026 $1.43BFY2026 $18.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +71.1%FY2026 +84.9%FY2026 +11.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +35.9% +31.3% +31.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBWCECOGLW
Held by institutions 88.0% 88.3% 73.0%
Institutions holding 200 346 2,684
Change in shares held, QoQ +24.0% +64.8% +3.5%
Institutions buying 146 246 1,477
Institutions selling 41 71 950
Buyers to sellers 3.56 3.46 1.55

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BWCECOGLW
BW 1.00 0.35 0.38
CECO 0.35 1.00 0.38
GLW 0.38 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BW, CECO and GLW?

Corning (GLW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) $597.79M, Ceco Environmental (CECO) $2.19B, Corning (GLW) $105.92B.

Which company is growing faster?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) +42.6%, Ceco Environmental (CECO) +37.6%, Corning (GLW) +18.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corning (GLW) has the highest net margin (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -4.0%, Ceco Environmental (CECO) -3.4%, Corning (GLW) 12.1%). On return on invested capital, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) leads (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 14.3%, Ceco Environmental (CECO) -0.3%, Corning (GLW) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corning (GLW) returned the most: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) +38.2%, Ceco Environmental (CECO) +14.9%, Corning (GLW) +42.8%. Over five years, Ceco Environmental (CECO) compounded fastest (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -7.8%/yr, Ceco Environmental (CECO) +51.7%/yr, Corning (GLW) +29.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 0.00%, Ceco Environmental (CECO) 0.00%, Corning (GLW) 0.01%. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) and Ceco Environmental (CECO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ceco Environmental (CECO) has been the steadiest (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 114.6%, Ceco Environmental (CECO) 67.3%, Corning (GLW) 74.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BW, CECO and GLW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corning (GLW) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.