BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.400-3.550 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.450. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.0 billion-$3.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.9 billion.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on BWXT shares. Barclays boosted their target price on BWX Technologies from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. Alembic Global Advisors raised shares of BWX Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $148.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of BWX Technologies from $129.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of BWX Technologies from $106.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of BWX Technologies from $115.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $127.50.

BWX Technologies Trading Down 1.5 %

NYSE:BWXT opened at $99.84 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 2.25 and a quick ratio of 2.25. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $113.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $114.23. BWX Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $86.70 and a fifty-two week high of $136.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.13 billion, a PE ratio of 33.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 0.73.

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.12. BWX Technologies had a net margin of 10.32% and a return on equity of 31.95%. Sell-side analysts expect that BWX Technologies will post 3.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

BWX Technologies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This is an increase from BWX Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. BWX Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 31.79%.

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.