Company Analysis

BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT)

NYSE: BWXT · Engines & Turbines · Lynchburg, VA · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade5.6
◀ Past 7.3● Present 5.2▶ Future 4.4

The grade of BWX Technologies, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present5.240% of the headline
▶ Future4.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 87th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.4%top 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 5% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.1% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 22 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, BWX Technologies, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 22 sales (19 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 49% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 27%: 27¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 71%: owes 71¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, BWX Technologies, Inc. earned about 27 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 17 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 71 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 63 in its family; net margin 10.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 49% by size; a net margin of 10.3% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 12.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.20Bbottom 49% of its family
  • net margin10.3%top 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.7%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Geveden, Rex D (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-03-03, 9.7 years (top 12% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.8 years (bottom 19%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 49%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 49% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.8 yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.7 yearstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 19% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $500 million against debt of $2.0 billion leaves -35.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.2% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 22.9% (bottom 12%); research spending of 0.4% of revenue (bottom 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-35.5%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.2%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin22.9%bottom 12% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.4%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12.7% a year over the last three filed years against 8.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 18.3% (top 21%); research spending grew 13.3% a year (top 18%); capital spending grew -2.4% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). BWX Technologies, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Government Operations at $2.4 billion, Commercial Operations at $853 million. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 73% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.3 points a yeartop 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.3%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending13.3%top 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.4%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 43% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

BWX Technologies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 7.5% above the $3.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 44% of its family); net income of $329 million against a prior three-year average of $255 million (top 36%); a net margin of 10.3% against 10.3% before (top 49%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace7.5%top 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+29%top 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.0 pointstop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BWXT · research, not advice