BWSN
BWSN
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, IIncome Statement
| Period | Revenue | Operating Expense | Net Income | Net Profit Margin | Earnings Per Share | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3-2025 | $149.01M ▲ | $30.64M ▼ | $35.09M ▲ | 23.55% ▲ | $0.3 ▲ | $11.38M ▼ |
| Q2-2025 | $144.05M ▼ | $35.11M ▲ | $-58.49M ▼ | -40.6% ▼ | $-0.63 ▼ | $11.74M ▲ |
| Q1-2025 | $181.19M ▲ | $34.21M ▼ | $-22.01M ▲ | -12.15% ▲ | $-0.26 ▲ | $8.2M ▲ |
| Q4-2024 | $66.28M ▼ | $44.2M ▼ | $-63.06M ▼ | -95.16% ▼ | $-0.71 ▼ | $-52.16M ▼ |
| Q3-2024 | $209.86M | $51.3M | $-5.33M | -2.54% | $-0.1 | $3.93M |
What's going well?
Revenue is growing and costs are being managed more tightly. The company posted a strong profit this quarter, reversing last quarter's loss. Lower operating expenses show improving efficiency.
What's concerning?
Most of the profit comes from a one-off gain, not from the ongoing business. Gross margins are shrinking, and interest costs remain high. The core business is less profitable than it looks at first glance.
Balance Statement
| Period | Cash & Short-term | Total Assets | Total Liabilities | Total Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3-2025 | $189.9M ▲ | $657.9M ▼ | $890.1M ▼ | $-232.2M ▲ |
| Q2-2025 | $21.71M ▲ | $703.49M ▼ | $1.01B ▼ | $-309.23M ▼ |
| Q1-2025 | $21.63M ▼ | $719.71M ▼ | $1.02B ▲ | $-303.01M ▼ |
| Q4-2024 | $23.4M ▼ | $726.99M ▼ | $1.01B ▲ | $-283.76M ▼ |
| Q3-2024 | $30.63M | $804.63M | $1.01B | $-203.69M |
What's financially strong about this company?
Cash reserves jumped nearly 8x, and the company paid down debt and payables. Liquidity is better, and customers are prepaying for services.
What are the financial risks or weaknesses?
The company owes more than it owns, with negative equity and high debt. A long history of losses and large short-term obligations make it vulnerable if cash flow slips.
Cash Flow Statement
| Period | Net Income | Cash From Operations | Cash From Investing | Cash From Financing | Net Change | Free Cash Flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3-2025 | $35.09M ▲ | $-32.11M ▼ | $161.77M ▲ | $-39.96M ▼ | $90.28M ▲ | $-37.63M ▼ |
| Q2-2025 | $-58.51M ▼ | $-25.31M ▼ | $14.55M ▲ | $2.99M ▲ | $-7.81M ▲ | $-28.06M ▼ |
| Q1-2025 | $-7.78M ▲ | $-8.48M ▲ | $-3.91M ▼ | $-414K ▲ | $-12.45M ▼ | $-12.8M ▲ |
| Q4-2024 | $-63.02M ▼ | $-22.48M ▲ | $31.95M ▲ | $-1.11M ▲ | $3.15M ▲ | $-23.55M ▲ |
| Q3-2024 | $-5.33M | $-69.67M | $2.13M | $-10.78M | $-74.17M | $-71.83M |
What's strong about this company's cash flow?
The company increased its cash balance to $201 million and reported a swing to net profit. It also paid down a significant amount of debt, which could strengthen its balance sheet.
What are the cash flow concerns?
Cash flow from operations is deeply negative and getting worse, with free cash flow burn rising. The company is funding itself by issuing new shares and using up cash, which is not sustainable long-term.
Revenue by Products
| Product | Q4-2023 | Q2-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q1-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BW Environmental Segment | $0 ▲ | $60.00M ▲ | $0 ▼ | $10.00M ▲ |
BW Renewable Segment | $0 ▲ | $60.00M ▲ | $0 ▼ | $30.00M ▲ |
BW Thermal Segment | $0 ▲ | $120.00M ▲ | $0 ▼ | $140.00M ▲ |
Backlog | $0 ▲ | $0 ▲ | $0 ▲ | $0 ▲ |
Q3 2025 Earnings Call Summary
Read Call Summary5-Year Trend Analysis
A comprehensive look at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I's financial evolution and strategic trajectory over the past five years.
BWSN’s main strengths are its stable to growing revenue base, strong engineering heritage, and differentiated clean‑energy technologies backed by patents and a large installed base. It has demonstrated the ability to win complex projects, maintain reasonable gross profit levels despite industry pressures, and attract external capital when needed. Its focus on waste‑to‑energy, carbon capture, and hydrogen positions it in areas with long‑term policy and demand support.
Key risks stem from the financial side: chronic net losses, negative free cash flow, rising leverage, and declining liquidity create a narrow margin for error. Negative equity and heavy dependence on external funding increase vulnerability to credit market shifts and covenant constraints. Operationally, the company faces execution risk on large, technically complex projects, commercialization risk for its newer technologies, and competitive and policy risks in fast‑evolving decarbonization markets.
The outlook is a blend of strategic opportunity and financial strain. If BWSN can convert its project pipeline into profitable, cash‑generating work and demonstrate that its ClimateBright technologies are commercially viable at scale, its market position could strengthen materially over time. However, until profitability and cash generation improve, the company’s weak balance sheet and persistent cash burn will remain significant headwinds, making the path forward promising in concept but challenging in practice and subject to considerable uncertainty.
About Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I
http://www.babcock.comBabcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. engages in the provision of fossil and renewable power generation and environmental equipment. It operates through the following segments: B&W Renewable, B&W Environmental, and B&W Thermal.
Income Statement
| Period | Revenue | Operating Expense | Net Income | Net Profit Margin | Earnings Per Share | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3-2025 | $149.01M ▲ | $30.64M ▼ | $35.09M ▲ | 23.55% ▲ | $0.3 ▲ | $11.38M ▼ |
| Q2-2025 | $144.05M ▼ | $35.11M ▲ | $-58.49M ▼ | -40.6% ▼ | $-0.63 ▼ | $11.74M ▲ |
| Q1-2025 | $181.19M ▲ | $34.21M ▼ | $-22.01M ▲ | -12.15% ▲ | $-0.26 ▲ | $8.2M ▲ |
| Q4-2024 | $66.28M ▼ | $44.2M ▼ | $-63.06M ▼ | -95.16% ▼ | $-0.71 ▼ | $-52.16M ▼ |
| Q3-2024 | $209.86M | $51.3M | $-5.33M | -2.54% | $-0.1 | $3.93M |
What's going well?
Revenue is growing and costs are being managed more tightly. The company posted a strong profit this quarter, reversing last quarter's loss. Lower operating expenses show improving efficiency.
What's concerning?
Most of the profit comes from a one-off gain, not from the ongoing business. Gross margins are shrinking, and interest costs remain high. The core business is less profitable than it looks at first glance.
Balance Statement
| Period | Cash & Short-term | Total Assets | Total Liabilities | Total Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3-2025 | $189.9M ▲ | $657.9M ▼ | $890.1M ▼ | $-232.2M ▲ |
| Q2-2025 | $21.71M ▲ | $703.49M ▼ | $1.01B ▼ | $-309.23M ▼ |
| Q1-2025 | $21.63M ▼ | $719.71M ▼ | $1.02B ▲ | $-303.01M ▼ |
| Q4-2024 | $23.4M ▼ | $726.99M ▼ | $1.01B ▲ | $-283.76M ▼ |
| Q3-2024 | $30.63M | $804.63M | $1.01B | $-203.69M |
What's financially strong about this company?
Cash reserves jumped nearly 8x, and the company paid down debt and payables. Liquidity is better, and customers are prepaying for services.
What are the financial risks or weaknesses?
The company owes more than it owns, with negative equity and high debt. A long history of losses and large short-term obligations make it vulnerable if cash flow slips.
Cash Flow Statement
| Period | Net Income | Cash From Operations | Cash From Investing | Cash From Financing | Net Change | Free Cash Flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3-2025 | $35.09M ▲ | $-32.11M ▼ | $161.77M ▲ | $-39.96M ▼ | $90.28M ▲ | $-37.63M ▼ |
| Q2-2025 | $-58.51M ▼ | $-25.31M ▼ | $14.55M ▲ | $2.99M ▲ | $-7.81M ▲ | $-28.06M ▼ |
| Q1-2025 | $-7.78M ▲ | $-8.48M ▲ | $-3.91M ▼ | $-414K ▲ | $-12.45M ▼ | $-12.8M ▲ |
| Q4-2024 | $-63.02M ▼ | $-22.48M ▲ | $31.95M ▲ | $-1.11M ▲ | $3.15M ▲ | $-23.55M ▲ |
| Q3-2024 | $-5.33M | $-69.67M | $2.13M | $-10.78M | $-74.17M | $-71.83M |
What's strong about this company's cash flow?
The company increased its cash balance to $201 million and reported a swing to net profit. It also paid down a significant amount of debt, which could strengthen its balance sheet.
What are the cash flow concerns?
Cash flow from operations is deeply negative and getting worse, with free cash flow burn rising. The company is funding itself by issuing new shares and using up cash, which is not sustainable long-term.
Revenue by Products
| Product | Q4-2023 | Q2-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q1-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BW Environmental Segment | $0 ▲ | $60.00M ▲ | $0 ▼ | $10.00M ▲ |
BW Renewable Segment | $0 ▲ | $60.00M ▲ | $0 ▼ | $30.00M ▲ |
BW Thermal Segment | $0 ▲ | $120.00M ▲ | $0 ▼ | $140.00M ▲ |
Backlog | $0 ▲ | $0 ▲ | $0 ▲ | $0 ▲ |
Q3 2025 Earnings Call Summary
Read Call Summary5-Year Trend Analysis
A comprehensive look at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I's financial evolution and strategic trajectory over the past five years.
BWSN’s main strengths are its stable to growing revenue base, strong engineering heritage, and differentiated clean‑energy technologies backed by patents and a large installed base. It has demonstrated the ability to win complex projects, maintain reasonable gross profit levels despite industry pressures, and attract external capital when needed. Its focus on waste‑to‑energy, carbon capture, and hydrogen positions it in areas with long‑term policy and demand support.
Key risks stem from the financial side: chronic net losses, negative free cash flow, rising leverage, and declining liquidity create a narrow margin for error. Negative equity and heavy dependence on external funding increase vulnerability to credit market shifts and covenant constraints. Operationally, the company faces execution risk on large, technically complex projects, commercialization risk for its newer technologies, and competitive and policy risks in fast‑evolving decarbonization markets.
The outlook is a blend of strategic opportunity and financial strain. If BWSN can convert its project pipeline into profitable, cash‑generating work and demonstrate that its ClimateBright technologies are commercially viable at scale, its market position could strengthen materially over time. However, until profitability and cash generation improve, the company’s weak balance sheet and persistent cash burn will remain significant headwinds, making the path forward promising in concept but challenging in practice and subject to considerable uncertainty.

CEO
Kenneth M. Young

