BWX Technologies (BWXT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BWX Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BWXT shares.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BWX Technologies' stock. Their BWXT share price forecasts range from $67.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $80.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% 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 29.1% and is now trading at $74.98.
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BWX Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,030,000 shares, an increase of 9.1% from the August 31st total of 1,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 598,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 6th 2023.
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BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The technology company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.06. The technology company earned $612.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $558.25 million. BWX Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.25% and a net margin of 9.63%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.82 earnings per share.

BWX Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, September 7th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 16th.
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BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.23%. 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 37.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BWXT will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.21% 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 Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.85-$3.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.90. The company issued revenue guidance of greater than $2.4 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."

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One share of BWXT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.98.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) has a market capitalization of $6.86 billion and generates $2.23 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $238.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 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.