Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) posted Tax Rate of 5.5% for Q1 2026, up 63.94% on a QoQ basis from 15.26% in Q4 2025, and up 851.0% year-over-year from 0.58% in Q1 2025.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Tax Rate history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.5% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 851.0% year-over-year to 5.5% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.86% (up 653.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 33.7%, down 1971.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 5.5% for Q1 2026 at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, up from 15.26% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 77.39% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 180.56% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 16.79% and a median of 7.63% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate soared 7918 bps — and 2025, when it tumbled 15094 bps.
  • Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Tax Rate stood at 33.94% in 2022, then tumbled by 113 bps to 4.41% in 2023, then tumbled by 356 bps to 20.11% in 2024, then climbed by 24 bps to 15.26% in 2025, then surged by 64 bps to 5.5% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BW's Tax Rate at 5.5% in Q1 2026, 15.26% in Q4 2025, and 76.1% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 270.93 Bn 257.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 29.84
2 Eaton 156.55 Bn 155.79 Bn 2.65 Bn 21.68
3 Parker-Hannifin 124.04 Bn 123.57 Bn 2.02 Bn 19.21
4 Cummins 91.66 Bn 88.48 Bn 2.24 Bn 27.19
5 Emerson Electric 82.90 Bn 81.11 Bn 2.42 Bn 22.07
6 Illinois Tool Works 81.54 Bn 80.71 Bn 1.76 Bn 20.58
7 Ametek 55.40 Bn 54.92 Bn 717.56 Mn 18.99
8 Rockwell Automation 51.78 Bn 51.35 Bn 1.13 Bn 20.23
9 Ingersoll Rand 32.99 Bn 31.71 Bn 792.40 Mn 15.70
10 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 1.31 Bn 1.15 Bn 43.46 Mn -5.50

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -5.50
Mar 31, 2026 -5.50
Mar 31, 2026 -5.50
Dec 31, 2025 -15.26
Dec 31, 2025 -15.26
Dec 31, 2025 -15.26
Sep 30, 2025 -76.10
Sep 30, 2025 -76.10
Sep 30, 2025 -76.10
Jun 30, 2025 -180.56
Jun 30, 2025 -180.56
Jun 30, 2025 -180.56
Mar 31, 2025 -14.02
Mar 31, 2025 -14.02
Mar 31, 2025 -14.02
Dec 31, 2024 -20.11
Dec 31, 2024 -20.11
Dec 31, 2024 -20.11
Sep 30, 2024 5.94
Sep 30, 2024 5.94