BW (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises) Shiller PE Ratio: (As of Sep. 21, 2026)

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BW Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc BW
56 GF Score
Price $7.38
GF Value $1.40
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises  (NYSE:BW) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Shiller PE Ratio Related Terms


Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Shiller PE Ratio Chart

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BW vs GHM, NNE, TNC: Shiller PE Ratio Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio 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 Shiller PE Ratio vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Jun. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun. 2026)
=0.074/333.9520*333.9520
=0.074

Current CPI (Jun. 2026) = 333.9520.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201609 1.800 241.428 2.490
201612 -14.700 241.432 -20.333
201703 -1.400 243.801 -1.918
201706 -30.900 244.955 -42.127
201709 -24.768 246.819 -33.512
201712 -24.400 246.524 -33.053
201803 -26.464 249.554 -35.414
201806 -21.200 251.989 -28.096
201809 -6.266 252.439 -8.289
201812 -13.987 251.233 -18.593
201903 -2.948 254.202 -3.873
201906 -1.505 256.143 -1.962
201909 -1.393 256.759 -1.812
201912 0.258 256.974 0.335
202003 -0.721 258.115 -0.932
202006 -0.384 257.797 -0.497
202009 0.694 260.280 0.890
202012 0.086 260.474 0.110
202103 -0.217 264.877 -0.273
202106 0.016 271.696 0.020
202109 0.115 274.310 0.140
202112 0.297 278.802 0.356
202203 -0.136 287.504 -0.158
202206 -0.071 296.311 -0.080
202209 -0.243 296.808 -0.274
202212 0.021 296.797 0.024
202303 -0.183 301.836 -0.202
202306 -0.099 305.109 -0.109
202309 -1.353 307.789 -1.468
202312 -0.744 306.746 -0.810
202403 -0.230 312.332 -0.245
202406 -0.203 314.175 -0.216
202409 -0.098 315.301 -0.103
202412 -0.911 315.605 -0.964
202503 -0.273 319.799 -0.285
202506 -0.632 322.561 -0.654
202509 -0.211 324.800 -0.217
202512 -0.132 324.054 -0.136
202603 -0.603 330.213 -0.610
202606 0.074 333.952 0.074

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Is Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $7.38 is trading 426.8% above its estimated GF Value™ of $1.40. GuruFocus considers Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for BW:

  • Shiller PE Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $1.40 vs. price of $7.38 (426.8% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 56/100 with 5 warning signs

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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Business Description

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Address 1200 East Market Street, Suite 650, Akron, OH, USA, 44305
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc is an energy technologies provider offering energy and emissions control solutions to a broad range of industrial, electrical utility, municipal, and other customers. It offers technologies that utilize coal, natural gas, hydrogen, waste, and biomass to produce energy, environmental solutions, and carbon capture systems. The company's product portfolio comprises steam generation systems, environmental solutions, combustion and fuel systems, and related equipment and services. Additionally, it offers specialized technologies (BrightLoop) in industrial energy production, including hydrogen and syngas. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from the United States, and the rest from Canada, the UK, Indonesia, the Philippines, and other markets.
56GF Score

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$7.38
Price
$1.40
GF Value