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The price of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (NYSE: BW) closed at $1.04 in the last session, down -0.95% from day before closing price of $1.05. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.95 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.55 million shares were traded. BW stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.05 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.005.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at BW’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.73 and its Current Ratio is at 0.94.
On November 10, 2023, Craig Hallum Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $10 to $2.
On July 19, 2022, Craig Hallum started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $11.Craig Hallum initiated its Buy rating on July 19, 2022, with a $11 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 06 ’24 when Salamone Louis Jr sold 98,941 shares for $1.91 per share. The transaction valued at 188,977 led to the insider holds 583,045 shares of the business.
Dziewisz John J sold 2,733 shares of BW for $2,870 on Aug 15 ’24. The General Counsel & Secretary now owns 217,521 shares after completing the transaction at $1.05 per share. On Aug 15 ’24, another insider, Dziewisz John J, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,733 shares for $1.05 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BW now has a Market Capitalization of 102340160 and an Enterprise Value of 617427200. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.15. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.841 whereas that against EBITDA is 49.805.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BW is 1.73, which has changed by -0.3333333 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16932249 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BW has reached a high of $2.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.22. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.45%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -20.76%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, BW traded on average about 2.17M shares per day over the past 3-months and 902820 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 98.40M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 92.22M. Insiders hold about 6.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.49% stake in the company. Shares short for BW as of 1752537600 were 2667043 with a Short Ratio of 1.23, compared to 1749772800 on 3831268. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2667043 and a Short% of Float of 4.0599998.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
