BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPR (BW) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:BW - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US05614L2097 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall BW gets a technical rating of 6 out of 10. In the past year, BW was only an average performing stock in the market. The medium term picture is unclear, although we see some positive events in recent action.
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 3047580 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, BW outperforms 44% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.
BW is part of the Electrical Equipment industry. There are 94 other stocks in this industry, BW did better than 54% of them.
BW is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so BW is lagging the market.
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.
BW has an average technical rating and it also does not offer a high quality setup at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.
More info and screens
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1.35
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- Resistance @1.26 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @1.30 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @1.34 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 | 44.88 | NEUTRAL | BW is not amongst the best or worst performers 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) | 59.62 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for BW is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | 0.03 | POSITIVE | The MACD value suggests BW has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 51.56 | NEUTRAL | The Stochastics value for BW is a neutral value. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 14.94 | HIGH VOLATILITY | The high ATR as a percentage value for BW suggests high volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 43.39 | 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)
1.12
-0.1 (-8.2%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryElectrical Equipment
Performance
% Chg-8.2%
1 Week-17.04%
2 Weeks54.23%
1 Month34.94%
3 Month15.46%
6 Month-39.78%
12 Month-13.18%
2 Year-81.02%
3 Year-81.43%
5 Year-50.88%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.2
ATR(20)%14.94%
ATR Inc-4.97%
Range Today0.18
ADR(20)0.15
ADR(20)%13.56%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS44.88
Mansfield-2.29
10 Day High1.78
10 Day Low0.68
20 Day High1.78
20 Day Low0.62
52 Week High2.99
52 Week Low0.22
CS1 EndN/A
CR1 Start1.26
Volume & EV
DER(3)-11.63%
DER(5)-8.38%
Volume2.84M
Volume Incr-34.2%
Vol(5)2.74M
Vol(50)3.05M