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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. keeps 2.9% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 15% for the median Specialty Industrial Machinery name.
2.9%
Operating margin · Specialty Industrial Machinery median 15% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +37%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- Gross margin
- 24%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −0.31% |
| FY2021 | 2.7% |
| FY2022 | −0.19% |
| FY2023 | −3.4% |
| FY2024 | −1.1% |
| FY2025 | 3.5% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 24%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 2.9%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- −14%
- Free cash flow margin
- −9.6%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $646M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$62M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$91M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Ranks #28 of 44 by Smart Score