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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of presentation
These interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W," "management," "we," "us," "our" or the "Company") have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and SEC instructions for interim financial information and should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are presented on the basis of continuing operations, unless otherwise stated.
Consolidation
Non-controlling interests are presented in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as if parent company investors (controlling interests) and other minority investors (non-controlling interests) in partially-owned subsidiaries have similar economic interests in a single entity. As a result, investments in non-controlling interests are reported as equity in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include 100% of a controlled subsidiary’s earnings, rather than only our share. Transactions between the parent company and non-controlling interests are reported in equity as transactions between stockholders, provided that these transactions do not create a change in control.
Liquidity and Going Concern
Liquidity and Going Concern

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. However, substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern exists.

We have a credit agreement that provides for an up to $150.0 million asset-based credit facility with an outstanding balance of $123.4 million at March 31, 2025 that is currently due in November 2025 and, accordingly, is classified as a current liability. In addition, we have senior notes due in February 2026 of which $108.4 million is reflected in current liabilities and $83.5 million in noncurrent liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As a result, the uncertainty regarding our ability to repay the current debt raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

In response to the conditions that raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, we began implementing several strategies to obtain the required funding for future operations and have considered other alternative measures to improve cash flow, including:

•sold our Vølund business on April 29, 2025 for a total of $20.1 million in proceeds, which is comprised of a base purchase price equal to $15.0 million plus 400,000 Danish krone and a $5.0 million loan (described in Note 20 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);
•sold 3.3 million and 5.0 million common shares for net proceeds of $5.2 million and $7.9 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, pursuant to our At-The-Market offering (described in Note 13 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);
•actively negotiating with holders of the Senior Notes to extend their maturity date. We have entered into privately negotiated exchanges with a limited number of noteholders that will result in $47.8 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 6.50% Senior Notes due 2026 and $84.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 8.125% Senior Notes due 2026 being exchanged for $100.8 million aggregate principal amount of
newly-issued 8.75% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2030 (described in Note 20 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);
•actively negotiating with our current lender under the Credit Facility to extend the maturity date of the Credit Facility; and
•actively in discussions with certain parties to further divest non-core assets. We cannot provide any assurances that such transaction will close or that proceeds will not be more or less than we anticipate.

There is no assurance that we will successfully obtain the financing necessary to satisfy our current obligations when they come due. In addition, we may take one or more of the following actions to obtain the required funding for future operations:

•Suspension of dividends on our Preferred Stock; and
•Selling additional common shares.

Management believes we are taking all prudent actions to address our liquidity concerns; however, these plans have not been finalized and are subject to market conditions that are not within our control. Therefore, we have determined that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the 12 months following the issuance of these financial statements.

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
Operations
Operations

Our operations are assessed based on three reportable segments as described in Note 4.

For financial information about our segments, see Note 4 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
New accounting standards to be adopted
New accounting standards to be adopted

We consider the applicability and impact of all issued ASUs. Certain recently issued ASUs were assessed and determined to not be applicable. New accounting standards not yet adopted that could affect the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in the future are summarized as follows:

In October 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC's Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative ("ASU 2023-06"). The new guidance is intended to align GAAP and SEC requirements while facilitating the application of GAAP for all entities. The effective date of ASU 2023-06 depends on (1) whether an entity is already subject to the SEC's current disclosure requirements and (2) whether and, if so, when the SEC removed related requirements from its regulations. For entities that are already subject to the SEC's current disclosure requirements, the effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC's removal of that related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, with early adoption prohibited. If the SEC has not removed the related requirements from its regulations by June 30, 2027, the amendments made by ASU 2023-06 will be removed from the Codification and will not become effective for any entity. The impact of this standard on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is contingent upon future transactions.

In December 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures ("ASU 2023-09"), which requires disclosure of specific categories in the effective tax rate reconciliation and additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. The standard is intended to benefit investors by providing more detailed income tax disclosures to assess how an entity's operations and related tax risks, tax planning and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. Adoption of the standard, applied retrospectively, will only impact the income tax disclosures and is not expected to be material to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In November 2024, FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("ASU 2024-03"). The new guidance is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring all public business entities to disclose additional information about specific expense categories. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026. Early adoption is permitted. Further, in January 2025, FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date ("ASU 2025-01"). ASU 2025-01 is clarifying the effective dates outlined in ASU 2024-03 which is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, applied retrospectively. We are currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.