BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPR (BW) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:BW - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US05614L2097 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 5 out of 10 to BW. Recently some decent action could be observed, but in the medium term time frame this is still negative. BW was also a bad performer in the overall market in the last year.
82% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than BW.
BW is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so BW is lagging the market.
The short term trend is positive, while the long term trend is neutral. So this is evolving in the right direction.
BW has an average volume of 2858000 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
BW is part of the Electrical Equipment industry. There are 94 other stocks in this industry, BW did better than 46% of them.
In the last month BW has a been trading in the 0.62 - 1.78 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is only medium, BW does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is very little resistance above the current price.
More info and screens
0.93
1.30
When analyzing the support we notice one important area.
- Support @0.94 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.
- Resistance @1.25 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @1.29 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.
| Indicator | Value | Signal | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator | NEUTRAL | NEUTRAL | The long term trend for BW is neutral. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | UP | POSITIVE | The short term trend for BW is up. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 18.49 | NEGATIVE | BW has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 81.51% off all stocks on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | UP | POSITIVE | The current price of BW is above the rising SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | UP | POSITIVE | The current price of BW is above the rising SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of BW is below a declining SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 52.62 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for BW is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | -0.03 | NEGATIVE | The MACD value suggests BW has a negative trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 25.09 | NEUTRAL | The Stochastics value for BW is a neutral value. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 17.27 | HIGH VOLATILITY | The high ATR as a percentage value for BW suggests high volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 42.03 | POSITIVE | The high ADX value value for BW suggests a strong trend. |
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
0.9722
+0.03 (+3.12%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryElectrical Equipment
Performance
% Chg3.12%
1 Week-13.2%
2 Weeks-27.99%
1 Month32.18%
3 Month10.96%
6 Month-39.61%
12 Month-39.61%
2 Year-83.52%
3 Year-83.88%
5 Year-57.36%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.2
ATR(20)%17.27%
ATR Inc-53.34%
Range Today0.09
ADR(20)0.15
ADR(20)%15.69%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS18.49
Mansfield-3.13
10 Day High1.45
10 Day Low0.94
20 Day High1.78
20 Day Low0.62
52 Week High2.99
52 Week Low0.22
CS1 End0.94
CR1 Start1.25
Volume & EV
DER(3)-6.36%
DER(5)-4.68%
Volume802.10K
Volume Incr-73.44%
Vol(5)1.02M
Vol(50)2.86M