BWX Technologies Inc (NYSE: BWXT) is -5.90% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $86.70 and a high of $136.31 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BWXT stock was last observed hovering at around $107.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.87%.
Currently trading at $104.82, the stock is -7.02% and -9.29% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.41 million and changing -2.67% at the moment leaves the stock -2.48% off its SMA200. BWXT registered 19.51% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.40%.
The stock witnessed a -17.26% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.97%, and is -4.18% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.02% over the week and 3.20% over the month.
BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) has around 7800 employees, a market worth around $9.59B and $2.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.79 and Fwd P/E is 30.38. Profit margin for the company is 10.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.90% and -23.10% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.14%).
with sales reaching $719.98M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 6.69% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.39% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.76% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 91.44M, and float is at 91.05M with Short Float at 1.41%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.28 million shares valued at $881.54 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.1353 of the BWXT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 8.85 million shares valued at $841.06 million to account for 9.6698 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 3.97 million shares representing 4.3374 and valued at over $377.29 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 4.1643 of the shares totaling 3.81 million with a market value of $362.23 million.
BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Burbach Gerhard F, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Burbach Gerhard F sold 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 06 ’24 at a price of $105.42 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 391.0 shares.
