BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) Trading Up 4.2% – Time to Buy?

Shares of BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) were up 4.2% on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $157.75 and last traded at $158.6530. 358,456 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 65% from the average session volume of 1,014,977 shares. The stock had previously closed at $152.29.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

BWXT has been the topic of several research analyst reports. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price objective on shares of BWX Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on BWX Technologies from $212.00 to $202.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 14th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of BWX Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of BWX Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upgraded BWX Technologies from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $200.00 to $170.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, BWX Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $220.27.

BWX Technologies Stock Performance

The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $172.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $194.86. The company has a market capitalization of $14.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 2.40.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The technology company reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.03. BWX Technologies had a net margin of 10.11% and a return on equity of 30.83%. The business had revenue of $901.62 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $902.41 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.02 earnings per share. BWX Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.0% on a year-over-year basis. BWX Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.700-4.800 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that BWX Technologies, Inc. will post 4.75 EPS for the current year.

BWX Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 18th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. BWX Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.98%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other BWX Technologies news, CEO Rex D. Geveden sold 10,000 shares of BWX Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $172.50, for a total value of $1,725,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 192,491 shares in the company, valued at approximately $33,204,697.50. The trade was a 4.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Corient Private Wealth LP increased its stake in BWX Technologies by 19.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 12,916 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,514,000 after purchasing an additional 2,083 shares in the last quarter. Amundi acquired a new position in BWX Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $375,000. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in BWX Technologies by 8.3% in the second quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 19,678 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,830,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506 shares in the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in BWX Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $4,792,000. Finally, California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of BWX Technologies by 19,438.2% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 20,717,573 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,032,676,000 after acquiring an additional 20,611,537 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.39% of the company’s stock.

BWX Technologies Company Profile

BWX Technologies, Inc (NYSE: BWXT) is a specialized supplier of nuclear components and services, primarily serving the U.S. government and commercial markets. The company’s core expertise lies in the design, fabrication and servicing of nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy, where it supports the maintenance and overhaul of naval nuclear reactors. In addition to defense applications, BWXT develops small modular reactors (SMRs), nuclear fuel and related technologies for non‐defense power generation, offering scalable solutions to meet evolving energy and industrial demands.

Beyond propulsion and power systems, BWXT is a leading producer of medical radioisotopes used in diagnostic imaging and cancer treatment.