BorgWarner Inc (BWA) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 179 Consumer Discretionary companies.
BorgWarner Inc (BWA) scores 4.4 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and growth is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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On the filings behind it, BorgWarner Inc earns 4.4 out of 10 for business quality as of October 17, 2026. That is mixed quality on our scale. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. The figure is a weighted average of five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks from reported statements.
Among the 179 Consumer Discretionary companies with a published score, that ranks at the 36th percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. The median across the group is 5.0, and the top quarter begins at 6.1, so BorgWarner Inc is below the typical company here.
BorgWarner Inc’s profitability score is 3.6 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 5.1 among 176 Consumer Discretionary companies, that is below the group and the 34th percentile. A low reading here is the first thing to explain: it is the pillar most closely tied to whether the business creates value at all.
There is no solvency score for BorgWarner Inc: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 141 Consumer Discretionary companies the median for this pillar is 5.9. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
On growth, BorgWarner Inc scores 2.3, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 4.0 across 149 Consumer Discretionary companies, which places it well below them, at the 28th percentile. When growth is this low the question is whether it is a pause or a trend, and the history behind the filings is the place to look.
BorgWarner Inc’s efficiency score is 6.5 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 6.2 among 170 Consumer Discretionary companies, that is in line with the group and the 59th percentile. Middling efficiency is unremarkable on its own, though improvements here tend to show up in free cash flow first.
Predictability scores 6.0 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 178 Consumer Discretionary companies is 5.0, so BorgWarner Inc is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 69th percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
This is a lopsided profile. Efficiency scores 6.5 but growth only 2.3, a gap of 4.2 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. An efficiency lead means the operation turns what it has into cash better than it does anything else. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
The pillar with the most room to move the score is profitability. If it rose to the median of Consumer Discretionary companies, 5.1, BorgWarner Inc’s overall score would go from 4.4 to about 4.9. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Consumer Discretionary companies closest to BorgWarner Inc in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading BorgWarner Inc scores 4.4 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
BorgWarner Inc ranks at the 36th percentile of the 179 Consumer Discretionary companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.0 and the top quarter starts at 6.1, against BorgWarner Inc’s 4.4.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 17, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for BWA are in the app.
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