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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I

BWSN

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I NYSE
$25.18 0.00% (+0.00)

Market Cap $2.80 B
52w High $25.40
52w Low $7.09
Dividend Yield 8.14%
Frequency Quarterly
P/E 0
Volume 1.95K
Outstanding Shares 111.10M

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 Q4-2023Q2-2024Q3-2024Q1-2025
BW Environmental Segment
BW Environmental Segment
$0 $60.00M $0 $10.00M
BW Renewable Segment
BW Renewable Segment
$0 $60.00M $0 $30.00M
BW Thermal Segment
BW Thermal Segment
$0 $120.00M $0 $140.00M
Backlog
Backlog
$0 $0 $0 $0

Q3 2025 Earnings Call Summary

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5-Year Trend Analysis

A comprehensive look at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I's financial evolution and strategic trajectory over the past five years.

+ Strengths

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.

! Risks

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.

Outlook

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.