BWXT Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (BWX Technologies | NYSE:BWXT)

BWX Technologies Inc is a specialty manufacturer and service provider of nuclear components, operating in two segments: Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment produces naval nuclear reactors and fuel for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, while the Commercial Operations segment designs and manufactures commercial nuclear steam generators, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, reactor components, and other auxiliary equipment, including containers for the storage of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level nuclear waste. The majority of the company's revenue comes from Government Operations, with sales principally in the United States, Canada, and other regions.

BWX Technologies trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol BWXT.

As of March 17, 2026, BWXT stock price climbed to $207.48 with 872,367 million shares trading.

BWXT has a beta of 1.20, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. BWXT has a correlation of 0.27 to the broad based SPY ETF.

BWXT has a market cap of $18.97 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter BWX Technologies reported $886 million in Revenue and $1.08 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $52 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.19.

In the last 3 years, BWXT traded as high as $220.57 and as low as $60.17.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that BWXT belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, IJH, VB, NLR, AIRR.

BWXT has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +112.2%, while the SPY ETF gained +20.5%. In the last 3 month period, BWXT beat the market returning +19.9%, while SPY returned -0.9%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks BWXT has underperformed the stock market by returning -4.0%, while SPY returned -2.3%.

BWXT support price is $198.40 and resistance is $210.94 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that BWXT shares will trade within this expected range on the day.