TTM
-9.3%
YoY change
+3.53pp
Trough year (2018)
-27.0%
Peak year (2015)
6.2%
Latest annual
-14.6%
FCF Margin history chart for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) from 2012 to 2025
Latest: -14.6%
FCF Margin change chart for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) from 2012 to 2025
Latest: +3.53pp
FCF Margin history table for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) from 2012 to 2025
| 2025 | -14.6% | +3.53pp | ||
| 2024 | -18.1% | -10.96pp | ||
| 2023 | -7.2% | +0.04pp | ||
| 2022 | -7.2% | +9.38pp | ||
| 2021 | -16.6% | -7.93pp | ||
| 2020 | -8.7% | +12.31pp | ||
| 2019 | -21.0% | +6.08pp | ||
| 2018 | -27.0% | -13.95pp | ||
| 2017 | -13.1% | -11.82pp | ||
| 2016 | -1.3% | -7.53pp | ||
| 2015 | 6.2% | +9.18pp | ||
| 2014 | -2.9% | -1.58pp | ||
| 2013 | -1.4% | -2.98pp | ||
| 2012 | 1.6% | — |
- 2025-14.6%+3.53pp
- 2024-18.1%-10.96pp
- 2023-7.2%+0.04pp
- 2022-7.2%+9.38pp
- 2021-16.6%-7.93pp
- 2020-8.7%+12.31pp
- 2019-21.0%+6.08pp
- 2018-27.0%-13.95pp
- 2017-13.1%-11.82pp
- 2016-1.3%-7.53pp
- 20156.2%+9.18pp
- 2014-2.9%-1.58pp
- 2013-1.4%-2.98pp
- 20121.6%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
According to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -9.3%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) free cash flow margin is -14.58% – expanded 3.5 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual free cash flow margin of 6.25% was reported in 2015. The lowest in the available history was -27.05% in 2018.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises FCF Margin by Year
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises FCF Margin 2025: -14.6%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises posted free cash flow margin of -14.58% in 2025, expanded 3.5 percentage points from 2024.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises FCF Margin 2024: -18.1%
In 2024, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises reported free cash flow margin of -18.11%, contracted 11.0 percentage points from 2023.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises FCF Margin 2023: -7.2%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises free cash flow margin in 2023 was -7.16%, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2022.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises FCF Margin 2022: -7.2%
2022's free cash flow margin for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises came in at -7.20%, expanded 9.4 percentage points from 2021.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises FCF Margin 2021: -16.6%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises free cash flow margin in 2021 was -16.58%.
See more financial history for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW).
Sector peers by FCF Margin
Industrials peers of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 23.1% | |
| 16.5% | |
| 16.2% | |
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