Babcock & Wilcox reports Q3 EPS (16c), consensus 0c

Reports Q3 revenue $209.9M, consensus $229.72M. “We believe that we are in a unique position to leverage the significant increase in base-load generation demand in North America and around the world,” said Kenneth Young, B&W Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Consumer demand for energy – either from the grid or behind the meter – along with increased energy needs from utility and large industrial clients are providing even greater opportunities for us to deliver our broad range of technology and considerable expertise in the areas of fossil fuels, natural gas, synthetic fuels and renewable energy to help meet that demand. We believe the increasing need for power and electricity fueled by demand from AI data centers, electric vehicles and expanding economies will be key drivers for growth across our broad range of technologies and we are seeing our utility and industrial clients, including in the oil and gas sector, continuing to increase capacity utilizing our core technologies while evaluating further power generation augmentation through biomass, hydrogen and natural gas. We expect these tail-winds to increase in the coming years, as the amount of front-end engineering design (FEED) opportunities have grown. Today we have 12 to 15 active FEED studies that represent potential projects of over $1 billion in revenues in our pipeline. We believe that these expected industry tailwinds provide a strong foundation for B&W to grow in 2025 and beyond as we continue to drive for higher margins and improved cash flows.”