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Company snapshot — BWX Technologies Inc

BWXT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
BWX Technologies builds nuclear components and provides nuclear services, split between government work and commercial work. On the government side it makes naval reactors, nuclear fuel and defence-related nuclear parts, plus medical radioisotopes and related devices. On the commercial side it supplies steam generators, fuel handling systems, pressure vessels and storage containers for nuclear plants, alongside engineering and lifecycle-support services for existing reactors. It is based in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
BWXT sits in Closelooknet's HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, inside the Nuclear & Uranium sleeve — a group of uranium miners, small-modular-reactor vendors and nuclear-services primes that the diary tracks as an asset class being re-rated by the data-centre power deficit.
Who it is priced against
Its Closelooknet peer group covers the same Nuclear & Uranium sleeve — Rolls-Royce Holdings, Cameco, Uranium Energy Corp and NexGen Energy; the market also names Westinghouse Electric as a comparable in nuclear services.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
BWXT holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on the quality module and weakest on momentum; the Midday 10 has quoted it moving against a weaker industrials tape.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the quality read holds up if momentum keeps deteriorating, and whether the data-centre power story keeps pulling flows into the wider nuclear sleeve regardless of BWXT's own chart.

BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 43/100 composite (momentum 5, quality 46, valuation 31) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for BWXT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Guggenheim, 2026-09-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for BWXT from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Guggenheim — target 192 Target set to $192 (+29.3% to spot) 2026-09-14
  • Price target Truist — target 202 from 212 Target cut to $202 from $212 (+17.1% to spot) 2026-08-14

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Nuclear & Uranium · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Nuclear & Uranium

Uranium miners, SMR vendors, nuclear-services primes. The data-centre power deficit re-rating an asset class long left for dead.

Compared against BWXT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
BWXT−0.2%−6.1%−9.6%−30.0%
Nuclear & Uranium−0.3%−2.7%−17.4%—
HALO Growth 1000.0%+0.2%−7.6%—

Against the index: 6.3 pts behind on the week, 2.0 pts behind on the month; against its Nuclear & Uranium sleeve 7.8 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.77%, quarterly · buybacks 30 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What BWXT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.06 USD per share · a 0.77% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +7.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.99 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.27 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-18
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.23 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.96 USD · 2025: 1.00 USD · 2026: 0.81 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-20
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 92 m USD 25% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 30 m USD 0.2% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.0% in FY2025 26 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 122 m USD · 41% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.94 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How BWXT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.94 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), BWX Technologies Inc moved 0.94% on average · correlation 0.20 · higher than 84% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.63 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.65% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.21% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +0.7% week · −5.2% month · −5.7% quarter · +0.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT)?

BWX Technologies Inc trades as BWXT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is BWXT in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — BWX Technologies Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is BWX Technologies Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

43 out of 100, with momentum 5, quality 46 and valuation 31 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BWXT trade against its moving averages?

New 52-week low: At a fresh 52-week low — the weakest it has been in a year. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is BWXT doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month BWX Technologies Inc is −9.6% against −7.6% for the HALO Growth 100 — 2.0 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Nuclear & Uranium sleeve is −17.4% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does BWX Technologies Inc do?

BWX Technologies builds nuclear components and provides nuclear services, split between government work and commercial work. On the government side it makes naval reactors, nuclear fuel and defence-related nuclear parts, plus medical radioisotopes and related devices. On the commercial side it supplies steam generators, fuel handling systems, pressure vessels and storage containers for nuclear plants, alongside engineering and lifecycle-support services for existing reactors. Its Closelooknet peer group covers the same Nuclear & Uranium sleeve — Rolls-Royce Holdings, Cameco, Uranium Energy Corp and NexGen Energy; the market also names Westinghouse Electric as a comparable in nuclear services.

Where does BWX Technologies Inc sit in the AI build-out?

BWXT sits in Closelooknet's HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, inside the Nuclear & Uranium sleeve — a group of uranium miners, small-modular-reactor vendors and nuclear-services primes that the diary tracks as an asset class being re-rated by the data-centre power deficit. BWXT holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on the quality module and weakest on momentum; the Midday 10 has quoted it moving against a weaker industrials tape.

Does BWX Technologies Inc pay a dividend?

BWX Technologies Inc has paid 1.06 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.77% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.27 USD on 2026-08-18. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 92 m USD in dividends and bought back 30 m USD of its own shares, 41% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does BWX Technologies Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year BWX Technologies Inc had a beta of 0.94 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 84% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.65% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on BWX Technologies Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on BWX Technologies Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Guggenheim on 2026-09-14 (target 192). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelooknet written about BWX Technologies Inc?

BWX Technologies Inc appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Midday 10: Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside tech (2026-09-01). What Closelooknet said most recently: BWXT adds 3.83% to 158.13, finding buyers while industrials as a sector trade lower. (Midday 10, 2026-09-01). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BWXT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Midday 10, “Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside tech” (2026-09-01)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where BWXT appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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