Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' (BW) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.73% in Q1 2026, up 1305.0% YoY from 0.62% in Q1 2025, and up 28.07% on a QoQ basis from 6.82% in Q4 2025.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.73% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1305.0% year-over-year to 8.73% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.73% (up 1305.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.73%, up 857.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 8.73% in Q1 2026, 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.
- A 5-year average of 0.48% and a median of 0.94% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1153 bps — and 2026, when it surged 1305 bps.
- Tracing BW's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 0.54% in 2022, then sank by 712 bps to 4.4% in 2023, then surged by 90 bps to 0.45% in 2024, then soared by 1627 bps to 6.82% in 2025, then gained by 28 bps to 8.73% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.73% (Q1 2026), 6.82% (Q4 2025), and 2.98% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.94% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.73% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.82% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.98% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.87% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.32% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.45% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -6.89% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -6.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -3.45% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -4.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.27% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.51% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.94% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.54% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.16% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.10% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.16% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.96% |