Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -3.56 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11 Mil. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $425 Mil. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-123 Mil. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.56.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BW' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -93.84 Med: -0.14 Max: 590.45
Current: -93.84

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises was 590.45. The lowest was -93.84. And the median was -0.14.

BW's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 2302 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.71 vs BW: -93.84

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

-5.78

6.92

5.09

6.85

590.45

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA																3.23	16.95	7.47	17.97	-3.56

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(11.473	+	424.867)	/	0.739
	=	590.45

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(11.473	+	424.867)	/	-122.612
	=	-3.56

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE:BW) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Business Description

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Address

1200 East Market Street, Suite 650, Akron, OH, USA, 44305

Website

https://www.babcock.com

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is a power generation equipment supplier and servicing company that operates in three segments: B&W Renewable, B&W Environmental, and B&W Thermal. B&W Thermal, which focuses on steam generation products and solutions for plants in the power generation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors, generates the majority of the company's revenue. B&W Renewable focuses on sustainable power and heat generation while B&W Environmental focuses on emissions control. The company's customer base spans the industrial, electrical utility, and municipal industries located predominantly in the United States, Canada, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Business in the U.S. contributes the vast majority of its revenue.

Executives

Henry E Bartoli	director, officer: Chief Strategy Officer	1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Christopher S Riker	officer: Senior Vice President	1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Louis Jr Salamone	officer: Chief Financial Officer	7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Joseph A Tato	director	580 INDIAN HARBOR ROAD, VERO BEACH FL 32963
B. Riley Financial, Inc.	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Kenneth M Young	officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC., 21255 BURBANK BLVD., SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Alan B Howe	director	1155 KAS DRIVE SUITE 100, RICHARDSON TX 75081
John J Dziewisz	officer: SVP & Corp. Secy.	1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Joseph T Buckler	officer: Senior Vice President	1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Jimmy B Morgan	officer: SVP, Babcock & Wilcox	1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Philip D Moeller	director	2306 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20016
Rebecca L Stahl	director	2106 SOUTH BAY LANE, RESTON VA 20191
Brf Investments, Llc	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Brc Partners Opportunity Fund, Lp	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD. SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Vintage Capital Management Llc	10 percent owner	4705 S APOPKA VINELAND ROAD SUITE 210, ORLANDO FL 32819