Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2015 - 2026)
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.94% for Q2 2026, up 4.68 percentage points from 1.26% a year earlier but down 2.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.73%, up 8.57 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +7.23 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -1.84% in FY2024 (+2.11 pp), -3.95% in FY2023 (-3.74 pp), -0.21% in FY2022 (-4.07 pp) and 3.86% in FY2021 (+4.37 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of -6.89% in Q3 2024 and a high of 8.22% in Q1 2026.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.17 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q1 2026 (a gain of 12.54 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2024 (a drop of 11.16 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 8.22% (Q1 2026), 6.41% (Q4 2025) and 2.58% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GE Vernova | 266.37 Bn | 226.28 Bn | 2.36 Bn | 8.04% |
| 2 | Bloom Energy | 73.98 Bn | 65.77 Bn | 355.57 Mn | 8.69% |
| 3 | First Solar | 19.68 Bn | 10.64 Bn | 605.00 Mn | 16.07% |
| 4 | Nextpower | 13.09 Bn | 8.98 Bn | 335.85 Mn | 23.08% |
| 5 | BWX Technologies | 12.56 Bn | 10.86 Bn | 202.31 Mn | 11.64% |
| 6 | Generac Holdings | 12.50 Bn | 11.33 Bn | 521.81 Mn | 9.38% |
| 7 | EnerSys | 6.41 Bn | 4.60 Bn | 313.36 Mn | 15.27% |
| 8 | Enphase Energy | 4.08 Bn | -777.50 Mn | 175.01 Mn | 4.90% |
| 9 | Mirion Technologies | 3.96 Bn | 1.79 Bn | 133.10 Mn | 1.68% |
| 10 | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises | 698.13 Mn | 169.11 Mn | 46.64 Mn | 5.94% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.94% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.22% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.58% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.26% |
| 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 | 3.42% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.84% |
API Access
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=BW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "BW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=BW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();