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BW vs BWXT

Side-by-side comparison of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. (BW) and BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Industrials sector. BW focuses on Building Products, while BWXT focuses on Industrial Machinery/Components.
  • BWXT is the larger of the two at $18.82B, about 7.3x BW ($2.59B).
  • Over the past year, BW is up 1736.6% and BWXT is up 47.0% - BW leads by 1689.6 points.
  • BWXT has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for BW).
  • BWXT has more recent analyst coverage (24 ratings vs 5 for BW).
PerformanceBW+1736.58%BWXT+47.02%
2025-06-23+0.00%2026-06-22
MetricBWBWXT
Company
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc.
BWX Technologies Inc.
Price
$17.51+0.75%
$208.84+1.70%
Market cap
$2.59B
$18.82B
1M return
-8.64%
+3.24%
1Y return
+1736.58%
+47.02%
Industry
Building Products
Industrial Machinery/Components
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2015
News (4w)
3
12
Recent ratings
5
24
BW

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Babcock & Wilcox Renewable; Babcock & Wilcox Environmental; and Babcock & Wilcox Thermal. The Babcock & Wilcox Renewable segment offers technologies for waste-to-energy and biomass energy systems, as well as black liquor systems for the pulp and paper industry. This segment provides technologies support solutions for diverting waste from landfills to use for power generation and replacing fossil fuels while recovering metals and reducing emissions. The Babcock & Wilcox Environmental segment offers a range of emissions control and environmental technology solutions for utility, waste to energy, biomass, carbon black, and industrial steam generation applications. This segment provides systems for cooling, ash handling, particulate control, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides removal, chemical looping for carbon control, and mercury control. The Babcock & Wilcox Thermal segment offers steam generation equipment; aftermarket parts; and construction, maintenance, and field services for plants in the power generation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors. This segment has an installed equipment for utilities and general industrial applications, including refining, petrochemical, food processing, metals, and others. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.

BWXT

BWX Technologies Inc.

BWX Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Its Nuclear Operations Group segment offers nuclear components, reactors, assemblies, and fuel for the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and other uses; close-tolerance equipment for nuclear applications; research reactor fuel elements for colleges, universities, and national laboratories; and components for defense applications. It also provides missile launch tubes for the United States Navy submarines; converts Cold War-era government stockpiles of high-enriched uranium; and receives, stores, characterizes, dissolves, recovers, and purifies uranium-bearing materials. Its Nuclear Services Group segment provides nuclear materials processing, environmental site restoration, and management and operating services for the United States government-owned facilities; develops technology for advanced nuclear power sources application; designs, engineers, licenses, and manufactures advance nuclear reactors; and inspects and services steam generators, heat exchangers, reactors, fuel handling systems, and balance of plants; and provides non-destructive examination and tooling/repair solutions, and nuclear fuel. Its Nuclear Power Group segment offers commercial nuclear steam generators, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, reactor components, and containers; nuclear fuel, fuel handling systems, tooling delivery systems, and related services, as well as engineering and in-plant services for nuclear power plants; and medical radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals. It also designs, manufactures, commissions, and services nuclear power generation equipment. The company was formerly known as The Babcock & Wilcox Company and changed its name to BWX Technologies, Inc. in June 2015. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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