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How Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. stacks up
BW · against 971 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
64/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #271 of 972 · scores higher than 72% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score94 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including BW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 64?
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 · 939 reported | 40.1% | 5.4% | 98% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 969 reported | 3.1% | 6.6% | 28% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 934 reported | -1.5% | 2.4% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 923 reported | Not reported | 6.2% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 977 reported | 19.7% | 23.7% | 40% | 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 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 49.7B JPY (≈$338M) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 79.0B INR (≈$948M) | 100 | 81 | |
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 5 | 173.6B JPY (≈$1.2B) | 99 | 83 | |
| 271 | 115.2B JPY (≈$784M) | 64 | 69 | |
| 271 | 8.0B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 64 | 64 | |
| 271 | 5.3B CNY (≈$741M) | 64 | 65 | |
| 271 | 1.0B EUR (≈$1.1B) | 64 | 55 | |
| 271 | 630M USD | 64 | 44 | |
| 278 | 5.9B CNY (≈$833M) | 63 | 48 | |
| 278 | 2.4B CNY (≈$341M) | 63 | 55 | |
| 278 | 98.0B JPY (≈$666M) | 63 | 82 | |
| 278 | 3.9B CNY (≈$549M) | 63 | 53 |
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