Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. BWX Technologies Inc shares valued at $743,556 were purchased by DUFFY ROBERT L on Sep 04 ’25. At $162.67 per share, DUFFY ROBERT L acquired 4,571 shares.
Also, Melvin Leland D sold 600 shares, netting a total of over 106,959 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $178.26 each, the insider now holds 5,579 shares.
Before that, Whitford Ronald Owen Jr had sold 2,092 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $371,192, the SVP, General Counsel and Sec. traded BWX Technologies Inc shares for $177.43 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,092 shares, worth approximately $1.9 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Northland Capital on September 10, 2025, BWX Technologies Inc [BWXT] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $205. Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of May 28, 2025, William Blair has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for BWXT. Earlier on April 01, 2025, Seaport Research Partners initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for BWXT stock.
Analyzing BWXT Stock Performance
On last trading session, BWX Technologies Inc [NYSE: BWXT] rose 1.52% to $187.18. The stock’s lowest price that day was $182.1, but it reached a high of $188.4 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.95%. Over the course of the year, BWX Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 72.37%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $189.25 on 08/05/25 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 183.39, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 179.59. In the upper region, resistance lies at 189.69. The next price resistance is at 192.19. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 70.28 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 steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.53 million shares to 2.52 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 3.05 million shares. A decline of -21.0% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.3 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.3.
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 175 in the next 12 months, down nearly -5.08% from the previous closing price of $184.37. Analysts anticipate BWX Technologies Inc stock to reach 205 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 145. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked BWX Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 12, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $148.
