The stock of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (BW) has gone up by 51.92% for the week, with a -39.29% drop in the past month and a -67.15% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 20.49%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 23.14% for BW. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 18.66% for BW’s stock, with a -70.59% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for BW is 1.78. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 2 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for BW is 92.75M and currently, short sellers hold a 4.36% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of BW on April 29, 2025 was 1.40M shares.
BW) stock’s latest price update
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (NYSE: BW)’s stock price has soared by 2.92 in relation to previous closing price of 0.42. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 51.92% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-04-10 that AKRON, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–B&W announced that on April 4, 2025, it received notice from the NYSE that it was not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standards.
Analysts’ Opinion of BW
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BW stocks, with DA Davidson repeating the rating for BW by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for BW in the upcoming period, according to DA Davidson is $1 based on the research report published on April 07, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Craig Hallum, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see BW reach a price target of $2, previously predicting the price at $10. The rating they have provided for BW stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on November 10th, 2023.
Craig Hallum gave a rating of “Buy” to BW, setting the target price at $11 in the report published on July 19th of the previous year.
BW Trading at -41.76% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BW to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -85.61% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 23.14%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 20.49%, as shares sank -36.42% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -66.86% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BW rose by +50.90%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -79.15% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.3626. In addition, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc saw -73.76% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at BW starting from Salamone Louis Jr, who sale 98,941 shares at the price of $1.91 back on Dec 06 ’24. After this action, Salamone Louis Jr now owns 583,045 shares of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc, valued at $188,977 using the latest closing price.
Dziewisz John J, the General Counsel & Secretary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc, sale 2,733 shares at $1.05 during a trade that took place back on Aug 15 ’24, which means that Dziewisz John J is holding 217,521 shares at $2,870 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BW
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.24 for the gross margin
The net margin for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc stands at -0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.07.
Based on Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (BW), the company’s capital structure generated 2.12 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.22. The debt to equity ratio resting at -1.9. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.49.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 2.06 million with net debt to EBITDA at -16.59. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.78. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.68for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.99. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.26.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (BW) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
