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An update from Babcock & Wilcox Company ( (BW) ) is now available.
On January 21, 2026, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. appointed Dr. Homaira Akbari to its board of directors, effective January 26, 2026, increasing the board to seven members. A seasoned director who has served on more than 25 public and private company boards, including Veolia Group and Banco Santander, and a former member of B&W’s Advisory Board from 2022 through 2025, Dr. Akbari brings extensive international leadership experience in technology, energy and finance, including senior roles at Microsoft, Thales and Liberty Media. B&W’s leadership highlighted her expertise in AI factories and data centers, power generation systems and waste-to-energy technologies as strategically important to advancing the company’s power, carbon capture and environmental solutions offerings, signaling a focus on strengthening its board’s technological and energy-transition capabilities to support both near-term execution and long-term value creation for its customer base and stakeholders.
The most recent analyst rating on (BW) stock is a Buy with a $10.50 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Babcock & Wilcox Company stock, see the BW Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on BW Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, BW is a Neutral.
The score balances very weak financial fundamentals (losses, negative equity, and negative cash flows) against strong technical momentum and a constructive earnings outlook driven by rising backlog and optimistic 2026 EBITDA guidance. Valuation remains constrained by ongoing losses and the lack of a stated common dividend yield.
To see Spark’s full report on BW stock, click here.
More about Babcock & Wilcox Company
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Akron, Ohio, is a global provider of energy and environmental products and services for power and industrial markets, supplying power solutions, carbon capture systems, environmental technologies and aftermarket services to utilities, data centers and industrial customers worldwide.
Average Trading Volume: 4,247,921
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: $1.12B
See more insights into BW stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.