Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026)

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) posted Debt Ratio of 0.2 for Q1 2026, up 27.7% on a QoQ basis from 0.15 in Q4 2025, and down 58.22% year-over-year from 0.47 in Q1 2025.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Debt Ratio history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.2 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 58.22% year-over-year to 0.2 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.2 (down 58.22% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.15, down 15.73% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.2 for Q1 2026 at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.47 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.02 in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2 and a median of 0.17 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio jumped 9373.22% — and 2023, when it slumped 95.49%.
  • Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Debt Ratio stood at 0.36 in 2022, then plunged by 85.13% to 0.05 in 2023, then jumped by 243.13% to 0.18 in 2024, then decreased by 15.73% to 0.15 in 2025, then climbed by 27.7% to 0.2 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BW's Debt Ratio at 0.2 in Q1 2026, 0.15 in Q4 2025, and 0.13 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 270.93 Bn 257.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.03
2 Eaton 156.55 Bn 155.79 Bn 2.65 Bn 0.38
3 Parker-Hannifin 124.04 Bn 123.57 Bn 2.02 Bn 0.31
4 Cummins 91.66 Bn 88.48 Bn 2.24 Bn 0.20
5 Emerson Electric 82.90 Bn 81.11 Bn 2.42 Bn 0.32
6 Illinois Tool Works 81.54 Bn 80.71 Bn 1.76 Bn 0.56
7 Ametek 55.40 Bn 54.92 Bn 717.56 Mn 0.13
8 Rockwell Automation 51.78 Bn 51.35 Bn 1.13 Bn 0.33
9 Ingersoll Rand 32.99 Bn 31.71 Bn 792.40 Mn 0.26
10 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 1.31 Bn 1.15 Bn 43.46 Mn 0.20

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.20
Dec 31, 2025 0.15
Sep 30, 2025 0.13
Jun 30, 2025 0.25
Mar 31, 2025 0.47
Dec 31, 2024 0.18
Sep 30, 2024 0.17
Jun 30, 2024 0.16
Mar 31, 2024 0.13
Dec 31, 2023 0.05
Sep 30, 2023 0.05
Jun 30, 2023 0.02
Mar 31, 2023 0.02
Dec 31, 2022 0.36
Sep 30, 2022 0.38
Jun 30, 2022 0.37
Mar 31, 2022 0.36
Dec 31, 2021 0.37
Sep 30, 2021 0.58
Jun 30, 2021 0.00