With 0.81 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.05 million shares. The 52-week range on BWXT shows that it touched its highest point at $136.31 and its lowest point at $84.21 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $134.42. With its current market cap of 9.94 billion, BWXT has annualized dividend of $0.97 while the current yield stands at 0.89%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.59.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BWXT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.82%, but this was up by 4.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -0.27% while six-month performance fell -13.98%. The stock gained 22.71% in the past year, while it has lost -2.30% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BWXT yields 3.15 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.91. For the next quarter, that number is 0.79. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.79% for this year and 10.97% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.93% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.79%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 91.36 million BWXT shares are outstanding with a float of 90.99 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BWXT since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.29176 being high and $3.192 being low. For BWXT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.22193. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.94 and the low estimate is $0.83. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.89.
