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Kenneth M Young bought $68k of BW

Chief Executive Officer at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.. 7,000 shares at an average of $9.65, traded Aug 12, 2026, filed Aug 13, 2026.

Conviction score
54
Value
$68k
7,000 shares
Holdings after
1,709,254
+0% from before
From 52-week low
+569%
low $1.46, close $9.77
From 52-week high
-55%
high $21.85, as of Aug 12, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $68k at market
    +8
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.4%)
    -5
  • Price context
    55% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return +367% over 4 past buys
    +10

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

BWOct 9, 2026 · close 5.46
Since filing Aug 13, 2026: -41.6%SPY +0.3% · excess -41.9%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001630805-26-000071, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+7,000$9.65$68k1,709,254Aug 13, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
37Weak
BWbuy 2
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Philip D Moeller
director
$48k
5,000 shares
+2%
38Weak
BWbuy 2
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Kenneth M Young
Chief Executive Officer
$106k
7,000 shares
+0%
25Weak
BWbuy 2
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Cameron M Frymyer
Chief Financial Officer
$19k
1,285 shares
+0%
57Moderate
BWsell
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
B. Riley Financial, Inc.
owner
$10M
1,155,382 shares
-100%
38Weak
BWbuy 2
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Kenneth M Young
Chief Executive Officer
$23k
3,175 shares
+1%
35Weak
BWbuy 2
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Cameron M Frymyer
Chief Financial Officer
$20k
2,853 shares
+2%
42Moderate
BWbuy 2
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Kenneth M Young
Chief Executive Officer
$20k
9,347 shares
+4%
41Moderate
BWbuy 3
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Philip D Moeller
director
$19k
10,000 shares
+5%
53Moderate
BWbuy 3
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Cameron M Frymyer
Chief Financial Officer
$31k
20,000 shares
+15%
56Moderate
BWbuy 3
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
Kenneth M Young
Chief Executive Officer
$30k
20,000 shares
+8%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.