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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -4.03% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $502 Mil. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-26 Mil. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -4.03%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

BW' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -248.01   Med: -5.76   Max: 13.47
Current: -5.57

During the past 12 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises was 13.47%. The lowest was -248.01%. And the median was -5.76%.

BW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
87.71% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.485 vs BW: -5.57

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.76 7.52 6.20 4.24 -4.03

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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.24 3.52 3.71 3.99 -4.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprisess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-20.257/502.319248
=-4.03 %

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-26 Mil.



Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises  (NYSE:BW) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1200 East Market Street, Suite 650, Akron, OH, USA, 44305
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

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