BWX Technologies, Inc.

Company overview

BWX Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Nuclear Operations Group, Nuclear Power Group, and Nuclear Services Group. The Nuclear Operations Group segment provides precision naval and critical nuclear components, reactors, nuclear fuel, and assemblies for the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and other uses; missile launch tubes for United States Navy submarines; close-tolerance equipment for nuclear applications; and converts Cold War-era government stockpiles of high-enriched uranium, as well as receives, stores, characterizes, dissolves, recovers, and purifies uranium-bearing materials.

Sector

Industrials

Industry

Aerospace & Defense

Exchange

NYSE

Market cap

$12B

Employees

8,700

Headquarters

Lynchburg, VA

Website

bwxt.com

CEO

Rex D. Geveden

Listed

August 2, 2010

P/E

34.84

Dividend yield

0.64%