Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand BWX Technologies (BWXT)

BWX Technologies moved -0.6% this evening session, trading between a high of $77.96 and a low of $76.885 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $77.47 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $80.89.

BWX Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The mid-cap industrial machinery/components company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 1.2%. BWX Technologies has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 2.44, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.6.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 10.62. Usually a PEG ratio between 0 and 1 indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Overview of the Company's Gross Margins:

Date Reported Revenue ($ k) Cost of Revenue ($ k) Gross Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-23 2,232,834 -1,680,899 25 -3.85
2022-02-22 2,124,074 -1,573,797 26 -3.7
2021-02-22 2,123,516 -1,548,119 27 -3.57
2020-02-24 1,894,920 -1,361,056 28 0.0
2019-02-25 1,799,889 -1,295,876 28 0.0
2018-02-27 1,687,738 -1,191,983 28

BWX Technologies's 27.0% average gross margins are thinner than the 34.2% average of the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry, implying that the firm might be lacking in competitivity.

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