BWX Technologies (BWXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BWX Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BWXT shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for BWX Technologies' shares. Their BWXT share price targets range from $75.00 to $115.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $89.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%.
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BWX Technologies' stock was trading at $76.73 at the start of the year. Since then, BWXT stock has increased by 20.6% and is now trading at $92.55.
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BWX Technologies saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 889,300 shares, a decrease of 7.5% from the March 15th total of 961,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 591,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 6th 2024.
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BWX Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, May 6th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The technology company reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.07. The technology company earned $725.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $659.42 million. BWX Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.38% and a net margin of 9.85%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS.

BWX Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 8th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.03%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BWXT will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR), VictoryShares Protect America ETF (SHLD), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares (DFEN), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) and Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV).

BWX Technologies issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.050-3.200 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.090. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.5 billion.

29 employees have rated BWX Technologies Chief Executive Officer Rex D. Geveden on Glassdoor.com. Rex D. Geveden has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Rex D. Geveden in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BWX Technologies investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), RTX (RTX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Home Depot (HD), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Lockheed Martin (LMT).

BWX Technologies' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.45%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%), Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C. (0.01%), Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.01%) and Merrion Investment Management Co LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include David S Black, David S Black, Gerhard F Burbach, Gerhard F Burbach, Jason S Kerr, John A Fees, Rex D Geveden, Richard W Loving, Richard W Loving, Robb A Lemasters and Robert L Nardelli.
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