Babcock

BW Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 130.3%, EPS grew 111.1%, free cash flow grew 14.3% and total debt fell 39.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

4.62 0.34 −6.85%
Market cap
$738.9M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−45.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
−1.94
Beneish M
−1.78
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.28
Total sells 10.40
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 2 — — — 2 — — — — 2 — —
Sell — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 738.87
Revenue 834.35
Net Income (75.15)
Free Cash Flow 158.10
Net Debt (45.45)
Current Ratio 1.45
Debt/Equity 5.28 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (45.00) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.79
P/B ratio 11.48 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 132.22% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 194.25% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 78.50% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.99%

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 74.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 71.96%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 47.66%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 44 118 174 348
Receivables 101 92 118 171
Inventory 98 58 61 61
Other 255 286 117 146
498 553 471 725
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 83 88 69 170
ST’ Debt 6 125 67 62
Other 138 98 — 137
350 407 387 500

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (10.37%) 0.74% (1.20%)
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 214 320 — — —
’25 149 139 149 151 588
’24 164 151 153 113 581
’23 241 292 239 — 587
’22 204 221 212 (27) 609
’21 168 203 160 180 711
’20 149 135 133 150 566
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.
value withheld pending a data check

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 18 (17) — — —
’25 (8) (25) (32) (3) (69)
’24 (15) (12) (69) (23) (119)
’23 (13) (9) (28) 8 (42)
’22 (42) (22) (4) 37 (31)
’21 (54) (32) (22) (3) (111)
’20 (35) (14) (18) 26 (41)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 11 (24) — — —
’25 (13) (28) (38) 209 131
’24 (18) (16) (72) 97 (9)
’23 (15) (13) (33) 9 (52)
’22 (43) (23) (10) 32 (44)
’21 (55) (33) (24) (6) (118)
’20 (38) (13) (19) 21 (49)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.60) 0.07 — — —
’25 (0.26) (0.63) 0.30 0.05 (0.48)
’24 (0.23) 0.24 (0.10) (0.71) (0.82)
’23 (0.18) (0.10) (1.35) (0.74) (2.38)
’22 (0.14) (0.07) (0.24) 0.02 (0.43)
’21 (0.22) 0.02 0.11 0.30 0.26
’20 (0.68) (0.39) 0.69 0.09 (0.21)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 129.00 16.10 3.30 1.94 0.77 3.19 3.89 0.96 0.75 0.22

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 239.90 175.00 76.60 8.18 5.16 10.37 9.48 6.83 2.99 7.77
People
People Employees 5,000 4,800 4,000 2,400 2,100 1,800 2,163 2,250 1,950 1,650
Revenue/emp, $m 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.36 0.27 0.39 0.28 0.26 0.30 0.36
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,421 1,341 1,062 859 566 711 609 587 581 588
Gross margin, % 9.73 1.81 (12.20) 18.65 29.29 24.62 23.81 20.68 21.81 24.48
EBT (120) (318) (556) (124) (4) 27 (5) (104) (91) (25)
EBT margin, % (8.42) (23.67) (52.32) (14.49) (0.69) 3.84 (0.84) (17.64) (15.74) (4.18)
Net income (115) (379) (725) (129) (10) 29 (14) (109) (104) (33)
Depreciation 41 47 58 85 35 28 30 28 25 14
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 283.46 285.81 76.82 27.26 11.63 8.63 6.91 6.60 6.34 5.57
Earnings (23.10) (80.90) (52.71) (3.87) (0.21) 0.26 (0.43) (2.38) (0.82) (0.48)
Cash flow 0.45 (40.45) (20.38) (5.59) (0.84) (1.35) (0.35) (0.47) (1.29) (0.65)
Capex (4.48) (3.04) (0.40) 0.12 (0.17) (0.08) (0.15) (0.11) 1.20 1.89
Free cash flow (4.02) (43.49) (20.78) (5.48) (1.01) (1.43) (0.50) (0.58) (0.10) 1.24
Book value 111.90 40.63 (20.05) (9.36) (6.79) 0.71 (0.02) (2.25) (3.09) (1.25)
Shares, m 5 5 14 32 49 82 88 89 92 105
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 41.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 0.59 0.20 0.05 0.13 0.30 1.05 0.81 0.22 0.26 1.14
P/B 1.50 1.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 0.52 0.35 0.36 0.43 0.86 1.25 1.29 0.84 0.92 1.43
EV/FCF (36.88) (2.28) (1.32) (2.15) (9.89) (7.52) (17.86) (9.46) (59.25) 6.44
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2 (190) (282) (176) (41) (111) (31) (42) (119) (69)
Capex (22) (14) (5) 4 (8) (7) (13) (10) 110 199
Free cash flow (20) (204) (287) (173) (49) (118) (44) (52) (9) 131
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 160 (12) (162) (190) 125 329 186 147 147 84
Total debt 24 264 176 313 382 370 380 406 502 264
Net debt (100) 194 116 256 315 143 288 362 385 90
Shareholders’ equity 561 191 (277) (295) (331) 59 (2) (200) (283) (132)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (7.25) (26.64) (70.15) (17.78) (1.68) 2.88 (4.07) (24.70) (9.95) (7.34)
ROIC (14.90) (51.41) 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.02 (0.25) (7.76) (3.89) 0.00
ROE (17.66) (101.06) 1,675.16 42.63 3.30 (15.98) (133.81) 209.35 30.92 24.59
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Babcock vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AMSC American Superconductor Corporation $1.3B 8.3× 71.0× +30.01% (above 0%: growing) +23.53% (above 0%: growing) +68.38% (above 0%: growing) 26.28% 10.45% Compare
PSIX Power Solutions International, Inc. $1.2B 15.6× 16.0× −20.51% (below 0%: shrinking) −67.26% (below 0%: shrinking) +280.84% (above 0%: growing) 27.12% 15.68% Compare
TNC Tennant Company $1.1B 62.8× 22.2× +1.69% (above 0%: growing) −59.09% (below 0%: shrinking) −101.60% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.48% 4.91% Compare
GHM Graham Corporation $835.1M 64.3× 56.0× +28.57% (above 0%: growing) −19.05% (below 0%: shrinking) −64.73% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.95% 5.82% Compare
BW Babcock $738.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +130.25% (above 0%: growing) n/m +14.34% (above 0%: growing) 14.59% 3.68%
KRNT Kornit Digital Ltd. $737.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +11.19% (above 0%: growing) n/m +113.86% (above 0%: growing) 45.31% (26.91%) Compare
NNE Nano Nuclear Energy Inc. $729.8M — (loss-making) — — n/m −13.05% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.07% (7,395.14%) Compare
PKOH Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. $669.3M 24.0× 10.4× +10.00% (above 0%: growing) +29.85% (above 0%: growing) +91.47% (above 0%: growing) 17.93% 5.57% Compare
LXFR Luxfer Holdings PLC $465.3M 57.5× 17.5× −10.23% (below 0%: shrinking) +80.00% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) 25.60% 8.15% Compare
Median of peers $786.4M 40.7× 19.9× +10.00% +2.24% +79.93% 26.70% 5.70%

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Babcock (BW) key facts

  • Babcock (BW) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, BW traded at $4.62, a market capitalization of $738.9 million.
  • Return on equity was 24.6% and debt-to-equity 5.28.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −1.94 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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