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How Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. stacks up
BW · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
63/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #219 of 469 · scores higher than 53% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including BW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 63?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 88% of peers. Return on assets: -1.5% vs peer median 3.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 3.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 40.1% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BW | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | 40.1% | 8.2% | 97% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 3.1% | 8.5% | 26% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | -1.5% | 4.4% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | Not reported | 11.5% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 19.7% | 30.1% | 24% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BW| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 547M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.8B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 8.0B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.2B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 61.1B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 213 | 16.3B USD | 64 | 57 | |
| 213 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score