Buyback yield (TTM)
0.02%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.03%
5Y share count change
116.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$400K
Cumulative buybacks
$133M
Key takeaways
- Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) repurchased about $400K of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 116.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.02× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +7.2% per year over the latest 5-year window.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
Latest: $400K
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) came in at $400K – grew 19.0% year-over-year.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises buyback spend has grown on net over the period, with a +7.2% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Between 2016 and 2025, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises buyback spend plunged 99.5%, falling from $78.4M to $400K.
$78.4M stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2016, against a low of $0.00 during 2012.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Buyback Spend 2025: $400K
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises buyback spend in 2025 was $400K, grew 19.0% from 2024.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Buyback Spend 2024: $336K
2024's buyback spend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises came in at $336K, plunged 76.2% below 2023.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Buyback Spend 2023: $1.41M
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises posted buyback spend of $1.41M in 2023, plunged 49.9% below 2022.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Buyback Spend 2022: $2.82M
In 2022, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises reported buyback spend of $2.82M, plunged 43.0% below 2021.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Buyback Spend 2021: $4.94M
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises buyback spend in 2021 was $4.94M.
See more financial history for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $400K | $0.00 | $400K | 0.05% | 105M | +14.9% | |
| 2024 | $336K | $4.69M | -$4.36M | 0.22% | 91.7M | +3.1% | |
| 2023 | $1.41M | $8.7M | -$7.28M | 1.08% | 89M | +0.8% | |
| 2022 | $2.82M | $9.98M | -$7.16M | 0.55% | 88.3M | +5.6% | |
| 2021 | $4.94M | $7.8M | -$2.86M | 0.64% | 83.6M | +71.7% | |
| 2020 | $283K | $4.56M | -$4.27M | 0.15% | 48.7M | +54.6% | |
| 2019 | $117K | $3.08M | -$2.97M | 0.07% | 31.5M | +127.8% | |
| 2018 | $805K | $2.25M | -$1.45M | 1.22% | 13.8M | +46.9% | |
| 2017 | $17.6M | $11.8M | $5.83M | 3.52% | 9.42M | -6.4% | |
| 2016 | $78.4M | $16.1M | $62.3M | 4.84% | 10.1M | -6.7% | |
| 2015 | $25.4M | $7.77M | $17.6M | 1.18% | 10.8M | +0.3% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $11K | -$11K | — | 10.7M | 0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $172K | -$172K | — | 10.7M | -10.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $3.8M | -$3.8M | — | 11.9M | — |
- 2025$400K
- 2024$336K
- 2023$1.41M
- 2022$2.82M
- 2021$4.94M
- 2020$283K
- 2019$117K
- 2018$805K
- 2017$17.6M
- 2016$78.4M
- 2015$25.4M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.02×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
How Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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