Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises is an environmental and thermal technologies provider that provides energy and emissions control solutions to a range of industrial, electrical utility, municipal and other customers. Co.'s products and services are organized into the following segments: Babcock & Wilcox Renewable, which includes technologies for sustainable power and heat generation; Babcock & Wilcox Environmental, which includes a suite of emissions control and environmental technology solutions; and Babcock & Wilcox Thermal, which includes steam generation equipment, aftermarket parts, construction, maintenance and field services. We show 38 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our BW shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute BW market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing BW market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing BW's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of BW versus a peer is one thing; comparing
BW market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like BW can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching BW by allowing them to research the BW market cap history. |
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