Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW-PA) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW-PA) posted Operating Margin of 3.68% for Q2 2026, down 1.37 percentage points from 5.05% a year earlier but up 4.45 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW-PA) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises was 2.74%, up 2.34 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 3.53%, up 4.62 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +3.84 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Operating Margin was -1.09% in FY2024 (+2.33 pp), -3.42% in FY2023 (-3.23 pp), -0.19% in FY2022 (-2.92 pp) and 2.73% in FY2021 (+3.04 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of -3.32% in Q1 2022 to a high of 9.23% in Q3 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin increased in four of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.70 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q2 2025, with a gain of 7.99 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a drop of 10.52 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was -0.77% (Q1 2026), 4.23% (Q4 2025) and 4.36% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.68% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.77% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.23% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.36% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.05% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.24% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -2.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.48% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.25% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.53% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -1.29% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.66% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.32% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.64% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.23% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.37% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -3.84% |
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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BW-PA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
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params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BW-PA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BW-PA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();