BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.12 EPS

BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The technology company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.12, Zacks reports. BWX Technologies had a net margin of 10.32% and a return on equity of 31.95%. BWX Technologies updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.400-3.550 EPS.

BWX Technologies Stock Down 1.5 %

BWXT opened at $99.84 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.25, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15. BWX Technologies has a 1-year low of $86.70 and a 1-year high of $136.31. The company has a market capitalization of $9.13 billion, a PE ratio of 33.06, a PEG ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 0.73. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $113.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $114.23.

BWX Technologies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th will be given 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 yield of 1.00%. BWX Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.79%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on BWXT. Maxim Group boosted their price target on shares of BWX Technologies from $138.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com cut shares of BWX Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of BWX Technologies from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of BWX Technologies from $129.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Alembic Global Advisors upgraded shares of BWX Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $148.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. One 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, BWX Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $127.50.

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.