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How Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. stacks up
BW · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
64/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #867 of 2,440 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 40.1% | 7.1% | 96% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 3.1% | 7.7% | 24% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | -1.5% | 3.1% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | Not reported | 8.0% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 19.7% | 25.8% | 35% | 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 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 867 | 71M MYR (≈$16M) | 64 | 56 |
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