Growth Metrics

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BWNB) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 10.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.1%, up 10.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.07%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.1% in Q4 2025 per BWNB's latest filing, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.07% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.01%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -11bps in 2024, then rose 13bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.03% in 2021, then plummeted by -116bps to 0.01% in 2022, then crashed by -712bps to 0.04% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 90bps to 0.0% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 2257bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BWNB's Return on Capital Employed are 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).