BWXT — BWX Technologies, Inc.
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
About BWX Technologies, Inc.
BWX Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Government Operations and Commercial Operations. It manufactures precision naval nuclear components, reactors, and nuclear fuel; close-tolerance and high-quality equipment for nuclear applications; critical nuclear components, fuels and assemblies for government and limited other uses; down blend government stockpiles of uranium; and fabricate fuel-bearing precision components. The company also supplies proprietary and sole-source valves, manifolds, and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers; research reactor fuel elements for colleges, universities, and national laboratories; and components for defense applications. In addition, it manufactures commercial nuclear steam generators, nuclear fuel, fuel handling systems, pressure vessels, reactor components, heat exchangers, tooling delivery systems; and containers for the storage of nuclear fuel and other high-level nuclear waste. Further, the company supplies nuclear fuel, fuel handling systems, tooling delivery systems, nuclear-grade materials and precisely machined components; and manufactures medical radioisotopes, radiopharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Additionally, it provides specialized engineering services that include structural component design, 3-D thermal-hydraulic engineering analysis, weld and robotic process development, electrical and controls engineering and metallurgy and materials engineering; in-plant inspection, maintenance and modification services; and non-destructive examination and tooling/repair solutions. It also offers nuclear power plant lifecycle support and management services. The company was formerly known as The Babcock & Wilcox Company and changed its name to BWX Technologies, Inc. in June 2015. BWX Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The nuclear & uranium complex
This bucket is really two trades sharing one story. The first is fuel: uranium miners (Cameco, NexGen, UEC, Energy Fuels) and the West's only listed enricher (Centrus), levered to a uranium price that recovered after a decade of oversupply. The second is reactors: Constellation runs America's largest nuclear fleet, BWX Technologies builds naval and government reactors, and Oklo and NuScale are pre-revenue startups designing small modular reactors. What revived the whole complex is electricity demand — above all from AI data centers, whose owners have signed long-term deals for nuclear power at premium prices. Be precise about what you own here: producing businesses with contracts and cash flow, or story stocks priced for a buildout that is still years away. BWX Technologies builds reactors for the US Navy and government programs — nuclear exposure with defense-contractor economics.
Key data · delayed ~15 min, as of 1 August 2026
| Ticker | BWXT |
| Company | BWX Technologies, Inc. |
| Price | $168.70 |
| Market cap | $15.5B |
| Sector / industry | Industrials / Aerospace & Defense |
| Analyst mean target | $238 (14 analysts, buy) |
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