Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I BW

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
38/100
Developing

Ranked against 81 peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery

About Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides energy and emissions control solutions to industrial, electrical utility, municipal, and other customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Philippines. The company operates through three segments: Babcock & Wilcox Renewable; Babcock & Wilcox Environmental; and Babcock & Wilcox Thermal. The Babcock & Wilcox Renewable segment offers … Full BW analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.86), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.17), raising refinancing risk.
  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.25), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where BW ranks in Specialty Industrial Machinery

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I ranks #54 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score — the top 66%. The widest moat in the group is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
50 Broadwind, Inc. BWEN 45/100 Developing
51 JE Cleantech Holdings Limited JCSE 44/100 Developing
52 American Superconductor Corpora AMSC 44/100 Developing
53 Symbotic Inc. SYM 39/100 Developing
54 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I BW 38/100 Developing
55 Hillenbrand Inc HI 37/100 Developing
56 Hurco Companies, Inc. HURC 36/100 Developing
57 JBT Marel Corporation JBTM 35/100 Developing
58 Xometry, Inc. XMTR 35/100 Developing

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How BW scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 38 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 51 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 45 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 44 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 20 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 34 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding BW's moat

What is Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I's moat score?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I (BW) scores 38 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #54 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery, the top 66%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (51/100) and its weakest is Resilience (20/100).

How does Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I compare with other Specialty Industrial Machinery companies?

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I ranks #54 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Industrial Machinery is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Symbotic Inc. (SYM) at 39 just above it and Hillenbrand Inc (HI) at 37 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BW scores: Pricing Power (38), Cost Advantage (51), Customer Stickiness (45), Capital Efficiency (44), Resilience (20), Scale & Market Position (34). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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