Shares of BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the nine brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation, five have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $137.94.
A number of equities research analysts recently commented on BWXT shares. Maxim Group lowered their price target on BWX Technologies from $140.00 to $136.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of BWX Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, June 18th. Wall Street Zen raised BWX Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 12th. CLSA reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $177.60 price target (up from $153.00) on shares of BWX Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, May 27th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $150.00 price target (up from $119.00) on shares of BWX Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On BWX Technologies
Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in BWXT. Demars Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of BWX Technologies by 9,309.0% during the 4th quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 4,482,439 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $499,299,000 after purchasing an additional 4,434,799 shares during the last quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of BWX Technologies by 33,572.0% during the 2nd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,517,599 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $2,228,000 after purchasing an additional 1,513,092 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of BWX Technologies by 523.2% during the 2nd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,517,356 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $218,590,000 after purchasing an additional 1,273,895 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of BWX Technologies by 19.7% during the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,503,679 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $444,288,000 after purchasing an additional 741,282 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Westwood Holdings Group Inc. increased its holdings in BWX Technologies by 279.0% in the 1st quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 958,563 shares of the technology company's stock worth $94,562,000 after acquiring an additional 705,648 shares during the last quarter. 94.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
BWX Technologies Stock Down 1.8%
Shares of BWXT traded down $2.67 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $149.27. The stock had a trading volume of 519,987 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,087,784. BWX Technologies has a 12 month low of $84.21 and a 12 month high of $153.53. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $138.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $117.50. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The company has a market capitalization of $13.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.49, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 0.70.
BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.18. BWX Technologies had a return on equity of 30.26% and a net margin of 10.39%. The company had revenue of $682.26 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $644.15 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.76 EPS. BWX Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that BWX Technologies will post 3.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
BWX Technologies Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 19th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 19th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. BWX Technologies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 31.85%.
About BWX Technologies
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Get Free ReportBWX Technologies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment designs and manufactures naval nuclear components, reactors, and nuclear fuel; fabrication activities; and supplies proprietary and sole-source valves, manifolds, and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers.
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