BWX Technologies - BWXT Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BWX Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BWXT shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for BWX Technologies' shares. Their BWXT share price forecasts range from $64.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $67.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.3% from the stock's current price.
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BWX Technologies' stock was trading at $58.08 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BWXT shares have increased by 8.5% and is now trading at $63.04.
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BWX Technologies saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,150,000 shares, a decline of 12.6% from the February 28th total of 2,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 535,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.0 days. Approximately 2.4% 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, May 8th 2023.
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BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 23rd. The technology company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $624.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.18 million. BWX Technologies had a net margin of 10.67% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.65%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share.

BWX Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Tuesday, March 28th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 9th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.
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BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.47%. 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 35.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BWXT will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.31% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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BWX Technologies updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.80-$3.00 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.40 billion-$2.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.38 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 $63.04.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) has a market capitalization of $5.76 billion and generates $2.23 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $238.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.60 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.