Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. BWX Technologies Inc shares valued at $624,161 were sold by DUFFY ROBERT L on Mar 05 ’25. At $104.03 per share, DUFFY ROBERT L sold 6,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,206 shares worth approximately $0.45 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DUFFY ROBERT L purchased 6,000 shares, netting a total of over 624,161 in proceeds.
Before that, Geveden Rex D had sold 45,625 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $4,900,233, the President and CEO traded BWX Technologies Inc shares for $107.40 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 45,625 shares, worth approximately $30.74 million.
As published in their initiating research note from William Blair on May 28, 2025, BWX Technologies Inc [BWXT] has been an Outperform. Analysts at Seaport Research Partners started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of November 12, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for BWXT. Earlier on July 24, 2024, Barclays downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for BWXT stock which previously was a “an Equal weight”.
Analyzing BWXT Stock Performance
On last trading session,, BWX Technologies Inc [NYSE: BWXT] plunged -1.02% to $140.86. The stock’s lowest price that day was $140.68, but it reached a high of $144.19 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.18%. Over the course of the year, BWX Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 51.45%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $145.33 on 06/16/25 and a 52-week low of $84.21 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 139.63, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 138.40. In the upper region, resistance lies at 143.14. The next price resistance is at 145.42. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 77.58 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is BWX Technologies Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of BWX Technologies Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 0.67 million shares to 2.68 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 2.01 million shares. A jump of 25.06% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.32 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.32.
Which companies own the most shares of BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT)?
In terms of BWX Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 142.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 0.13% from the previous closing price of $142.31. Analysts anticipate BWX Technologies Inc stock to reach 145 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 140. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked BWX Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 27, 2024, Janney assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $113.
