BWX Technologies (BWXT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BWX Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BWXT shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for BWX Technologies' shares. Their BWXT share price forecasts range from $67.00 to $70.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $69.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price.
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BWX Technologies' stock was trading at $58.08 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BWXT stock has increased by 8.5% and is now trading at $62.99.
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BWX Technologies saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,010,000 shares, a drop of 6.1% from the April 30th total of 2,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 544,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.2% 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, August 14th 2023.
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BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 8th. The technology company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.05. The technology company earned $568.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $561.41 million. BWX Technologies had a net margin of 10.58% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.04%. BWX Technologies's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.69 earnings per share.

BWX Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, May 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, June 8th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 18th.
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BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.53%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 34.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BWXT will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.96% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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BWX Technologies updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.80-$3.00 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.39 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.

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BWX Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BWXT."

BWX Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (7.33%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (6.95%), BlackRock Inc. (5.85%), Boston Partners (4.23%), Snyder Capital Management L P (3.08%) and State Street Corp (2.73%). Insiders that own company stock include David S Black, David S Black, Jason S Kerr, Joel W Duling, John A Fees, Rex D Geveden, Rex D Geveden, Richard W Loving, Richard W Loving and Robb A Lemasters.
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Shares of BWXT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BWXT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.99.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) has a market capitalization of $5.76 billion and generates $2.27 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $238.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

BWX Technologies' mailing address is 800 MAIN STREET 4TH FLOOR, LYNCHBURG VA, 24504. The official website for the company is www.bwxt.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (980) 365-4300, via email at investors@bwxt.com, or via fax at 434-522-6909.