Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026)

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) posted Free Cash Flow of $10.7 million for Q1 2026, up 248.81% on a QoQ basis from -$7.2 million in Q4 2025, and up 183.26% year-over-year from $3.8 million in Q1 2025.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Free Cash Flow history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $10.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 183.26% year-over-year to $10.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$62.2 million (up 50.01% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$85.7 million, up 34.08% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $10.7 million for Q1 2026 at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, up from -$7.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $32.5 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$71.6 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$17.7 million and a median of -$16.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow jumped 656.83% — and 2024, when it slumped 363.69%.
  • Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Free Cash Flow stood at $32.5 million in 2022, then slumped by 72.42% to $8.9 million in 2023, then slumped by 363.69% to -$23.6 million in 2024, then jumped by 69.64% to -$7.2 million in 2025, then soared by 248.81% to $10.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BW's Free Cash Flow at $10.7 million in Q1 2026, -$7.2 million in Q4 2025, and -$37.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 270.93 Bn 257.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 5.11 Bn
2 Eaton 156.55 Bn 155.79 Bn 2.65 Bn 314.00 Mn
3 Parker-Hannifin 124.04 Bn 123.57 Bn 2.02 Bn 974.00 Mn
4 Cummins 91.66 Bn 88.48 Bn 2.24 Bn 120.00 Mn
5 Emerson Electric 82.90 Bn 81.11 Bn 2.42 Bn 694.00 Mn
6 Illinois Tool Works 81.54 Bn 80.71 Bn 1.76 Bn 528.00 Mn
7 Ametek 55.40 Bn 54.92 Bn 717.56 Mn 426.05 Mn
8 Rockwell Automation 51.78 Bn 51.35 Bn 1.13 Bn 274.00 Mn
9 Ingersoll Rand 32.99 Bn 31.71 Bn 792.40 Mn 163.40 Mn
10 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 1.31 Bn 1.15 Bn 43.46 Mn 10.66 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 10.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 10.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -7.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -7.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -37.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -37.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -28.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -28.06 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -12.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -12.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -23.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -23.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -71.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -71.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -16.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -16.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -18.33 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -18.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 8.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 8.95 Mn