BWX Technologies - BWXT Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BWX Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BWXT shares.
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4 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for BWX Technologies' shares. Their BWXT share price forecasts range from $64.00 to $70.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $66.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price.
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BWX Technologies' stock was trading at $47.88 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, BWXT stock has increased by 24.6% and is now trading at $59.68.
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BWX Technologies saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,820,000 shares, a drop of 7.2% from the October 31st total of 3,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 545,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.2 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 1st. The technology company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.03. The technology company had revenue of $499 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $535.22 million. BWX Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.67% and a net margin of 14.18%. BWX Technologies's revenue for the quarter was down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share.

BWX Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 1st. Investors of record on Monday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Tuesday, December 13th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 18th.
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BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.45%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 25.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BWXT will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.63% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.10-$3.15 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.17. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.26 billion-$2.27 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.26 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.03%), Boston Partners (6.29%), BlackRock Inc. (5.30%), State Street Corp (2.67%), Cooke & Bieler LP (2.18%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (2.12%). 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 $59.68.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) has a market capitalization of $5.44 billion and generates $2.12 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $305.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.39 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,600 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.