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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises filings provide 12 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 8.73% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1305.0% to 8.73% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 8.73%, a 1305.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 6.73%, up 857.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 8.73% in Q1 2026 for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, up from 6.82% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 8.73% in Q1 2026 to a low of 6.89% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.94% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.48%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -1116bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 1305bps in 2026.
  • Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.54% in 2022, then crashed by -712bps to 4.4% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 90bps to 0.45% in 2024, then surged by 1627bps to 6.82% in 2025, then rose by 28bps to 8.73% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 8.73% (Q1 2026), 6.82% (Q4 2025), and 2.98% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.