Company Analysis

BorgWarner Inc. (BWA)

NYSE: BWA · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Auburn Hills, MI · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.3
◀ Past 5.6● Present 5.7▶ Future 4.5

The grade of BorgWarner Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past5.630% of the headline
● Present5.740% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-06-15.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2018-06-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $9.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $14 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.2%bottom 49% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.5%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.0% a year. 32% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 30 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, BorgWarner Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 32% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 30 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $501 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, BorgWarner Inc. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 44% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 47% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 34% of 35 in its family; net margin 1.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $14 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 10% by size; a net margin of 1.9% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 4.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$14.32Btop 10% of its family
  • net margin1.9%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.3%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 37% of 27 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fadool, Joseph F. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-03-04, 1.7 years (bottom 17% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (top 50%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 18 peoplebottom 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.7 yearsbottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 48% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.3 billion against debt of $3.9 billion leaves -11.5% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.2% of revenue (top 27%); a gross margin of 18.7% (bottom 41%); research spending of 5% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-11.5%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.2%top 27% of its family
  • gross margin18.7%bottom 41% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.0%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 43% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.3% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, slowing (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 1.6% (bottom 40%); research spending grew 0.4% a year (bottom 42%); capital spending grew -9% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). BorgWarner Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Turbos Thermal Technologies at $5.8 billion (40%), Drivetrain Morse Systems at $5.6 billion (39%), Power Drive Systems at $2.3 billion (16%), and 1 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.0 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth1.6%bottom 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending0.4%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-9.0%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 34% of 33 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

BorgWarner Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $14 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.7% below the $15 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 44% of its family); net income of $277 million against a prior three-year average of $636 million (bottom 29%); a net margin of 1.9% against 4.8% before (bottom 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.7%bottom 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-56%bottom 29% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.8 pointsbottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BWA · research, not advice