BWX Technologies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BWXT)

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BWX Technologies in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BWXT shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for BWX Technologies' stock. Their BWXT share price targets range from $67.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $80.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.1% 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 32.9% and is now trading at $77.19.
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BWX Technologies saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,780,000 shares, a decrease of 20.9% from the October 31st total of 2,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 504,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 22nd 2024.
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BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 1st. The technology company reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.01. The technology company earned $589.99 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $575.47 million. BWX Technologies had a net margin of 9.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.34%. BWX Technologies's revenue was up 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.69 EPS.

BWX Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Tuesday, December 12th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 20th.
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BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.17%. 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 37.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BWXT will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.49% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), VictoryShares Protect America ETF (SHLD), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA), Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares (DFEN) and Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IVOG).

BWX Technologies issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.90-$2.95 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.93. The company issued revenue guidance of greater than $2.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.42 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 shareholders include William Blair Investment Management LLC (6.15%), Boston Partners (4.15%), Invesco Ltd. (2.22%), FMR LLC (2.06%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.72%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.47%). 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, Rex D Geveden, Richard W Loving, Richard W Loving, Robb A Lemasters and Robert L Nardelli.
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