What does return on equity mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average shareholders' equity (average of the start and end of the trailing-twelve-month window). Measures the profit generated on each dollar of shareholder capital.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises BW Return on equity

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '18

Return on equity at other companies

General ElectricGE

46.3%+17.8pp

Ceco EnvironmentalCECO

4.6%-13.8pp

SPX TechnologiesSPXC

13.6%-1.6pp

BWX TechnologiesBWXT

28.9%+0.7pp

Ingersoll RandIR

5.7%-2.4pp

CaterpillarCAT

43.5%-11.8pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$214.4M+44.3%

Gross profit$43.5M+56.5%

Operating income-$1.7M+10.1%

Net income-$76.9M-250%

EPS (diluted)-$0.60-131%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$194.8M+64.3%

Total debt$46.1M-26.4%

Total equity-$172.1M+43.2%

Total assets$757.8M+5.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$17.8M+310%

CapEx$7.1M+64.7%

Free cash flow$10.7M+183%

Valuation

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Market cap$2.37B+3,033%

Enterprise value$2.22B+24,866%

P/S3.7×+3.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin24.3%+3.1pp

Operating margin2.9%+2.2pp

Net margin-18.8%—

FCF margin-9.6%-3.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity8.5×—

Current ratio1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=-266.6%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises’s 10-Q, filed August 8, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does return on equity mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average shareholders' equity (average of the start and end of the trailing-twelve-month window). Measures the profit generated on each dollar of shareholder capital.