BWX Technologies (BWXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street research 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 research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BWXT shares.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for BWX Technologies' shares. Their BWXT share price targets range from $75.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $89.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.8%.
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BWX Technologies' stock was trading at $76.73 at the start of the year. Since then, BWXT shares have increased by 19.4% and is now trading at $91.60.
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BWX Technologies saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 889,300 shares, a decline of 7.5% from the March 15th total of 961,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 591,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The technology company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.07. The technology company had revenue of $725.52 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $659.42 million. BWX Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.38% and a net margin of 9.85%. BWX Technologies's revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share.

BWX Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 23rd. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date 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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BWX Technologies updated 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 EPS 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.45%), Leeward Investments LLC MA (0.12%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%), Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C. (0.01%) and Curbstone Financial Management Corp (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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