Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Q1 2025 Earnings Summary

Overview: B&W reported strong Q1 2025 results exceeding company and consensus expectations, driven by robust demand for technologies and record performance in global parts and services. The company highlighted a $7.6 billion global project pipeline, progress on debt reduction, and anticipated return to positive cash flows in 2025 (excluding BrightLoop). Core operations performed ahead of expectations amid monitoring of tariff impacts.

Key Financial Highlights (Q1 2025 vs Q1 2024)

  • Revenue: $181.2 million, +10% (driven by $8.5M natural gas project, $6M higher construction volume, $10M increase in Thermal part sales).
  • Net Loss (continuing operations): $7.8 million (improved from $12.8 million loss).
  • Loss per Share (continuing operations): $0.11 (improved from $0.19).
  • Operating Income: $5.9 million (vs $5.7 million).
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $14.3 million (vs $11.3 million).
  • Bookings: $167 million, +11% (record Q1 for global parts and services).
  • Backlog: $526.8 million, +47% (largest in recent company history; Thermal segment boosted by North American baseload generation demand).

Balance Sheet & Liquidity (as of March 31, 2025)

  • Total debt: $473.6 million.

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Operator: Good afternoon. Thank you for attending the Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises First Quarter 2025 Conference Call. All lines will be muted during the presentation portion of the call with an opportunity for questions and answers at the end. I’d now like to turn the conference over to your host, Sharyn Brooks, B&W's Director of Communications. Thank you. You may proceed, Ms. Brooks. Sharyn Brooks: Thank you, Matt, and thanks to everyone for joining us on Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. I'm Sharyn Brooks, Director of Communications and Marketing. Joining the call today are Kenny Young, B&W's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Cameron Frymyer, Chief Financial Officer, to discuss our first quarter results. During this call, certain statements we make will be forward-looking. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in our safe harbor provision for forward-looking statements that can be found at the end of our earnings press release and also in our Form 10-Q that has been filed this afternoon and our Form 10-K that is on file with the SEC and provide further detail about the risks related to our business. Additionally, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement. We also provide non-GAAP information, regarding certain of our historical and targeted results to supplement the results provided in accordance with GAAP. This information should

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