Investors seeking to outperform the market often focus on hand-picking stocks. Selecting the right ones has proven to be a key factor in boosting wealth.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (NYSE: BW) closed the day trading at $5.28 down -4.52% from the previous closing price of $5.53. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.52 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.97 million shares were traded. BW stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.68 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.08.
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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 12 ’25 when Frymyer Cameron M bought 2,853 shares for $7.05 per share. The transaction valued at 20,114 led to the insider holds 156,658 shares of the business.
Young Kenneth M bought 1,675 shares of BW for $11,993 on Nov 12 ’25. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 272,767 shares after completing the transaction at $7.16 per share. On Nov 12 ’25, another insider, Young Kenneth M, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, bought 1,500 shares for $7.13 each. As a result, the insider paid 10,695 and bolstered with 1,444,287 shares of the company.
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 586608512 and an Enterprise Value of 1019303552. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.09. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.413 whereas that against EBITDA is 56.824.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BW is 1.45, which has changed by 2.5 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16081822 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BW has reached a high of $7.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.22. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 141.89%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BW traded about 3.89M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BW traded about 3390230 shares per day. A total of 111.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 104.92M. Insiders hold about 5.57% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 40.11% stake in the company. Shares short for BW as of 1764288000 were 2674576 with a Short Ratio of 0.69, compared to 1761868800 on 2090968. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2674576 and a Short% of Float of 3.4099999999999997.
