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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.

CIK: 16308052 Annual ReportsLatest: 2025-03-31

10-K / March 31, 2025

Revenue:$717,300,000
Income:-$59,779,000

10-K / March 26, 2024

Revenue:$999,354,000
Income:-$196,971,000

10-K / March 31, 2025

Company Summary: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.

Overview

  • Business Focus: Provider of renewable, environmental, and thermal energy technologies with over 155 years of experience.
  • Core Services: Designing, producing, and servicing diversified energy and emissions control solutions for various industries and markets.

Business Segments

1. B&W Renewable

  • Technology Focus: Hydrogen generation (notably BrightLoop™), power and heat generation, biomass-to-energy (OxyBright™), and waste-to-energy solutions.
  • Goals: Support climate initiatives by producing low or negative carbon-intensity hydrogen from various fuels including biomass and coal.
  • Applications: Decarbonization, circular economy waste diversion, and renewable energy support.

2. B&W Environmental

  • Technology Focus: Emissions control systems for utility, waste-to-energy, biomass, industrial processes, including particulate control, NOx/SOx removal, chemical looping, and mercury control.
  • Product Portfolio: ClimateBright™ (SolveBright™, OxyBright™, BrightLoop™, BrightGen™), many commercially available and others near deployment.
  • Market: Global power, waste-to-energy, biomass, and industrial sectors aiming for environmental compliance and decarbonization.

3. B&W Thermal

  • Offerings: Steam generation equipment, aftermarket parts, construction, maintenance, and engineering services.
  • Facilities: Installed base of boilers and systems for power, oil and gas, refining, petrochemical, metals, and food industries.
  • Revenue Source: Capital expenditure and operations & maintenance (O&M) spend of utility and industrial customers.

Employees & Customers

  • Employees: Approximately 1,950 worldwide (as of December 31, 2024).
    • Unionized employees: Around 435, covered across facilities in Mexico, the U.S., the UK, and Canada.
  • Customers: Broad industry customer base including power generators, industrial plants, municipal and utility companies.

Financial Highlights

  • Revenue (2024): $717.3 million (compared to $727.3 million in 2023).
    • Segment-specific revenues:
      • B&W Renewable: ~$110.1 million
      • B&W Environmental: ~$109.4 million
      • B&W Thermal: ~$497.9 million
  • Net Loss (2024): $59.8 million (improved from a net loss of about $197 million in 2023).
  • Revenue Trends:
    • 2023 revenue increased from approximately $609.4 million in 2022.
    • 2024 revenue decreased slightly due to lower project volume in Renewable segment.
  • Income: The company reported operating income of about $25.1 million in 2024, up from $16.6 million in 2023.
  • Employees (2024): 1,950 globally, with significant experience in engineered energy and environmental solutions.
  • Major Projects & Contracts: Variability in backlog; as of December 31, 2024, backlog was $540.1 million.

Operating & Growth Strategies

  • Focused on scaling renewable and decarbonization technologies.
  • Asset sales (e.g., B&W Solar, BWRS, SPIG, GMAB) to reduce debt and improve liquidity.
  • Pursuing strategic acquisitions and divestitures.
  • Innovating in hydrogen, waste-to-energy, emissions control, and power generation technologies.
  • Ongoing efforts to address liquidity concerns through asset sales, debt negotiations, and cost reductions.

Note: All figures and descriptions exclusively reflect given data from the company's filings; no assumptions or projections are included.