Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 8.73% for 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 was 8.73% for Q1 2026 at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, up from 6.82% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 8.73% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 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 slumped 1153 bps — and 2026, when it surged 1305 bps.
• Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.54% in 2022, then tumbled by 712 bps to 4.4% in 2023, then jumped by 90 bps to 0.45% in 2024, then surged by 1627 bps to 6.82% in 2025, then climbed by 28 bps to 8.73% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows BW's Return on Capital Employed at 8.73% in Q1 2026, 6.82% in Q4 2025, and 2.98% in Q3 2025.