BWX Technologies Inc (NYSE: BWXT) is -4.26% 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 $104.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.57%.
Currently trading at $106.64, the stock is -2.48% and -6.40% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.62 million and changing 2.47% at the moment leaves the stock -0.98% off its SMA200. BWXT registered 18.71% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 4.47%.
The stock witnessed a -4.32% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.99%, and is -0.98% 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 3.87% over the week and 3.01% over the month.
BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) has around 8700 employees, a market worth around $9.76B and $2.70B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.74 and Fwd P/E is 26.87. Profit margin for the company is 10.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.00% and -21.77% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.17%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 3.91% this year
The shares outstanding are 91.45M, and float is at 91.14M 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
BWX Technologies Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 06 ’24 that Burbach Gerhard F (Director) sold a total of 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 06 ’24 and was made at $105.42 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 391.0 shares of the BWXT stock.
