Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
BWX Technologies, Inc. BWXT
$134.86 -1.41% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $12.36B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +15.8%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.51B, up 22.7% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth72Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 19%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 50%
Quality52Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 38%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Interest coverTop 26%
Value37Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Momentum12Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnBottom 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions95Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 25%
Stability53Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 40%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 21.4% | 22.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 19.7% | 21.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 22.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 9.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 12.6% | 9.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.7% | 21.4% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.3% | 19.7% | ↑ | Top 36% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 24.3% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 13.5% | ↓ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 10.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.0% | 12.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.6% | — | Top 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.7% | — | Top 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.46×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -15.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.55×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.78%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.78%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +15.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $209.38
- Target vs current price
- +55.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 68%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +2.9% | +3.0% | +0.7% | -9.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +21.7% | +0.2% | -5.1% | -12.9% | -27.2% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | +21.2% | -3.9% | -0.2% | -3.2% | -2.2% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +17.2% | +1.1% | -9.4% | -18.1% | -1.6% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +29.1% | +3.4% | +19.9% | +8.4% | +36.5% |
| May 5, 2025 | +19.0% | -0.5% | -3.8% | +12.0% | +35.3% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | +15.0% | -1.5% | +2.6% | -2.0% | +8.5% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +6.4% | -2.4% | +1.6% | +5.3% | -7.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $1.07 | $1.04 | +2.9% | $901.6M |
| May 4, 2026 | $1.12 | $0.92 | +21.7% | $860.2M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.08 | $0.89 | +21.2% | $885.8M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $1.00 | $0.85 | +17.2% | $866.3M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $1.02 | $0.79 | +29.1% | $764.0M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.77 | +19.0% | $682.3M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.92 | $0.80 | +15.0% | $746.3M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.83 | $0.78 | +6.4% | $672.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 34.8× | 31.6× | 62th | Top 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 28.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 24.9× | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| EV / Sales | 3.92× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.56% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Earnings yield | 2.88% | — | — | Top 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.2× – 64.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -28.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +21.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -7.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -28.9%
- RSI (14)
- 30.4
- Relative volume
- 1.44×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.11
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -43.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | -43.6% | 114 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 6, 2021 | Feb 22, 2022 | -37.2% | 223 days | 331 days (Jun 16, 2023) |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -33.0% | 90 days | 46 days (Jun 11, 2025) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | -22.1% | 31 days | 20 days (Jan 16, 2026) |
| Mar 6, 2024 | May 7, 2024 | -17.6% | 43 days | 52 days (Jul 23, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.36B
- P/E (TTM)
- 34.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.51B
- Dividend yield
- 0.79%
- 52-week range
- $131.86 – $241.82
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.12B | $2.23B | $2.50B | $2.70B | $3.20B |
| Gross profit | $550.3M | $551.9M | $620.6M | $655.2M | $731.5M |
| Operating income | $345.8M | $348.6M | $383.1M | $380.6M | $323.2M |
| Net income | $305.9M | $238.2M | $245.8M | $281.9M | $329.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.24 | $2.60 | $2.68 | $3.07 | $3.59 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $672.0M | $746.3M | $682.3M | $764.0M | $866.3M | $885.8M | $861.1M | $901.6M |
| Net income | $69.5M | $71.0M | $75.5M | $78.4M | $82.1M | $93.0M | $91.2M | $89.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.76 | $0.77 | $0.82 | $0.85 | $0.90 | $1.02 | $0.99 | $0.97 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $386.0M | $244.7M | $363.7M | $408.4M | $479.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$311.1M | -$198.3M | -$151.3M | -$153.6M | -$184.6M |
| Free cash flow | $75.0M | $46.4M | $212.4M | $254.8M | $295.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$79.7M | -$81.1M | -$85.0M | -$88.3M | -$92.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$225.8M | -$20.0M | -$7.6M | -$20.0M | -$30.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $608.2M
- Total assets
- $4.42B
- Total liabilities
- $3.09B
- Total debt
- $2.02B
- Net debt
- $1.41B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.33B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | $0.27 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| May 19, 2026 | $0.27 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.27 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $0.25 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $0.25 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.25 | Jun 5, 2025 |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $0.24 | Dec 10, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,209,858
- Days to cover
- 3.17
- Change vs previous report
- +7.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 2015
- 699-for-500