Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises BW
NYSE BW
$8.28 -0.15 (-1.78%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' (BW) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% in Q1 2026, little changed YoY from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and up 2.8% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Return on Invested Capital (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) has 12 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.01%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.0% in Q1 2026, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Invested Capital gained 1 bps — and 2024, when it fell 2 bps.
  • Tracing BW's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 276 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 91 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then jumped by 254 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then advanced by 3 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 256.94 Bn 243.82 Bn 2.36 Bn -
2 Eaton 163.14 Bn 162.45 Bn 2.86 Bn 0.01%
3 Parker-Hannifin 126.50 Bn 126.02 Bn 2.02 Bn 0.00%
4 Emerson Electric 87.87 Bn 85.69 Bn 2.66 Bn 0.00%
5 Cummins 81.13 Bn 76.46 Bn 2.47 Bn 0.00%
6 Illinois Tool Works 80.86 Bn 80.02 Bn 1.90 Bn 0.00%
7 Ametek 54.87 Bn 54.38 Bn 735.04 Mn 0.00%
8 Rockwell Automation 48.51 Bn 48.03 Bn 1.14 Bn 0.01%
9 Ingersoll Rand 31.31 Bn 30.14 Bn 862.60 Mn 0.03%
10 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 1.18 Bn 834.69 Mn 46.64 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 0.00%
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.01%
Jun 30, 2023 0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%