Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW-PA) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2015 - 2026)
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW-PA) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 14.37% in Q2 2026, down 9.34 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW-PA) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2023, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -8.34%, down 8.03 percentage points from FY2022.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +228.35 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2023).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -0.31% in FY2022 (-15.87 pp) and 15.55% in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q3 2024.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 8.37 percentage points in Q3 2023, against a drop of 34.07 percentage points in Q3 2024 at the low end.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.37% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -25.70% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -24.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -11.83% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -11.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.37% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.22% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.32% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.88% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.38% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.11% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 14.23% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -79.56% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -1,267.87% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -1,911.80% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -170.63% |
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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