TTM
4.2%
YoY change
+0.40pp
Trough year (2018)
-40.2%
Peak year (2013)
11.9%
Latest annual
3.9%
Operating Margin history chart for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) from 2012 to 2025
Latest: 3.9%
Operating Margin change chart for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) from 2012 to 2025
Latest: +0.40pp
Operating Margin history table for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) from 2012 to 2025
| 2025 | 3.9% | +0.40pp | ||
| 2024 | 3.5% | +1.21pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.3% | +2.47pp | ||
| 2022 | -0.2% | -2.92pp | ||
| 2021 | 2.7% | +3.04pp | ||
| 2020 | -0.3% | +3.11pp | ||
| 2019 | -3.4% | +36.73pp | ||
| 2018 | -40.2% | -22.08pp | ||
| 2017 | -18.1% | -11.56pp | ||
| 2016 | -6.5% | -7.76pp | ||
| 2015 | 1.2% | +4.86pp | ||
| 2014 | -3.6% | -15.51pp | ||
| 2013 | 11.9% | +1.80pp | ||
| 2012 | 10.1% | — |
- 20253.9%+0.40pp
- 20243.5%+1.21pp
- 20232.3%+2.47pp
- 2022-0.2%-2.92pp
- 20212.7%+3.04pp
- 2020-0.3%+3.11pp
- 2019-3.4%+36.73pp
- 2018-40.2%-22.08pp
- 2017-18.1%-11.56pp
- 2016-6.5%-7.76pp
- 20151.2%+4.86pp
- 2014-3.6%-15.51pp
- 201311.9%+1.80pp
- 201210.1%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
According to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 4.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual operating margin for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) came in at 3.90% – expanded 0.4 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual operating margin stands at 11.89%, reached in 2013; the historical low of -40.15% was recorded in 2018.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Operating Margin by Year
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Operating Margin 2025: 3.9%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises posted operating margin of 3.90% in 2025, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2024.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Operating Margin 2024: 3.5%
In 2024, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises reported operating margin of 3.50%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2023.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Operating Margin 2023: 2.3%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises operating margin in 2023 was 2.28%, expanded 2.5 percentage points from 2022.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Operating Margin 2022: -0.2%
2022's operating margin for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises came in at -0.19%, contracted 2.9 percentage points from 2021.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Operating Margin 2021: 2.7%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises operating margin in 2021 was 2.73%.
See more financial history for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
- 40.1%
- 18.5%
- 17.9%
- 16.6%
- 10.9%
- -5.9%
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