Shares of BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT – Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has given a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $108.67.
Several analysts have recently commented on BWXT shares. StockNews.com raised BWX Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. Barclays downgraded shares of BWX Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $75.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on BWX Technologies from $113.00 to $129.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd.
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BWX Technologies Stock Performance
NYSE BWXT opened at $122.58 on Friday. BWX Technologies has a twelve month low of $74.62 and a twelve month high of $128.00. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.45 and a 200-day simple moving average of $99.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.23, a quick ratio of 2.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. The stock has a market cap of $11.20 billion, a PE ratio of 41.98, a P/E/G ratio of 4.49 and a beta of 0.71.
BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, August 5th. The technology company reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $681.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $639.31 million. BWX Technologies had a return on equity of 31.93% and a net margin of 10.29%. The business’s revenue was up 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that BWX Technologies will post 3.2 earnings per share for the current year.
BWX Technologies Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 16th were paid a dividend of $0.24 per share. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 16th. BWX Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.88%.
About BWX Technologies
BWX Technologies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment designs and manufactures naval nuclear components, reactors, and nuclear fuel; fabrication activities; and supplies proprietary and sole-source valves, manifolds, and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers.
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