Vanguard Group Inc. Has $1.56 Billion Stock Position in BWX Technologies, Inc. $BWXT

Key Points

• Vanguard trimmed its stake by 1.8% but still owns 9,013,925 shares (about 9.86%) of BWX Technologies, valued at roughly $1.558 billion, while institutional investors hold about 94.39% of the stock.
• BWX beat quarterly estimates with EPS of $1.08 (vs. $0.91 expected) and revenue of $885.8M, raised FY2026 EPS guidance to 4.550–4.700, and analysts collectively expect about 4.6 EPS for the year.
• The consensus rating is a Moderate Buy with a $207.60 target (Bank of America raised its target to $250), even as insiders sold 13,327 shares in the last 90 days leaving insiders with 0.60% ownership; the company also boosted its quarterly dividend to $0.27 (annualized $1.08, ~0.5% yield).

Vanguard Group Inc. lessened its position in BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT - Free Report) by 1.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 9,013,925 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 167,386 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 9.86% of BWX Technologies worth $1,557,967,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. grew its stake in BWX Technologies by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 1,979 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $342,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in BWX Technologies by 1.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,880 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $847,000 after acquiring an additional 69 shares during the period. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in BWX Technologies by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 783 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $135,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares during the period. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. grew its stake in BWX Technologies by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 8,884 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,536,000 after acquiring an additional 87 shares during the period. Finally, Intrua Financial LLC grew its stake in BWX Technologies by 3.6% in the third quarter. Intrua Financial LLC now owns 2,531 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $467,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.39% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Bank of America raised their price objective on BWX Technologies from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. Weiss Ratings raised BWX Technologies from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Zacks Research raised BWX Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Wall Street Zen cut BWX Technologies from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, TD Cowen assumed coverage on BWX Technologies in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. They set a "buy" rating and a $230.00 target price on the stock. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $207.60.

Insider Buying and Selling at BWX Technologies

In other BWX Technologies news, CEO Rex D. Geveden sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.26, for a total value of $2,032,600.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 177,594 shares in the company, valued at $36,097,756.44. The trade was a 5.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Gerhard F. Burbach sold 1,983 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $208.61, for a total value of $413,673.63. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 13,327 shares of company stock worth $2,734,844 over the last ninety days. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

BWX Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of BWX Technologies stock opened at $216.62 on Friday. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $212.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $199.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.59 and a beta of 0.80. BWX Technologies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $102.42 and a 12 month high of $241.82. The company has a current ratio of 2.32, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The technology company reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $885.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $837.47 million. BWX Technologies had a return on equity of 30.94% and a net margin of 10.28%.BWX Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 18.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.92 earnings per share. BWX Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.550-4.700 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that BWX Technologies, Inc. will post 4.6 EPS for the current year.

BWX Technologies Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. This is a boost from BWX Technologies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. BWX Technologies's dividend payout ratio is presently 30.25%.

About BWX Technologies

BWX Technologies, Inc NYSE: BWXT is a specialized supplier of nuclear components and services, primarily serving the U.S. government and commercial markets. The company's core expertise lies in the design, fabrication and servicing of nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy, where it supports the maintenance and overhaul of naval nuclear reactors. In addition to defense applications, BWXT develops small modular reactors (SMRs), nuclear fuel and related technologies for non‐defense power generation, offering scalable solutions to meet evolving energy and industrial demands.

Beyond propulsion and power systems, BWXT is a leading producer of medical radioisotopes used in diagnostic imaging and cancer treatment.

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