Truist Securities Maintains Buy Rating for BWX Technologies: Here's What You Need To Know

Truist Securities has decided to maintain its Buy rating of BWX Technologies BWXT and raise its price target from $77.00 to $83.00.

Shares of BWX Technologies are trading up 0.84% over the last 24 hours, at $74.07 per share.

A move to $83.00 would account for a 12.06% increase from the current share price.

About BWX Technologies

BWX Technologies Inc is a specialty manufacturer & service provider of nuclear components. It operates in two segments. The government Operations segment consists of legacy Nuclear Operations Group & Nuclear Services Group segments with certain research & development activities in the areas of advanced reactors & advanced manufacturing. The commercial Operations segment consists of the legacy Nuclear Power Group segment with certain research and development & commercialization activities in the areas of medical & industrial radioisotopes & radiopharmaceuticals. The majority is from the Government Operations segment. Geographically, it operates in the United States, Canada & United Kingdom, out of which the majority is from the United States.

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