BWX Technologies
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
47.9541.4436.34N/A
Price/Sales ratio
5.505.174.704.66
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$3.44$3.98$4.54N/A

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
80.0225.7822.2240.6416.6824.2520.6414.7522.2928.5937.2216.68
Price/Sales ratio
0.802.392.623.562.103.122.702.122.372.813.832.10
Price/Book Value ratio
2.3512.7527.1121.0516.0714.659.317.087.097.539.7314.65
Price/Cash Flow ratio
31.3810.2616.9627.0422.3721.1929.2911.6921.7019.3229.1622.37
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-1.28K12.9421.7247.9663.1660.88-98.2160.20114.4833.0951.0860.88
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.870.070.48-2.420.312.051.461.34-1.129.290.092.05
Dividend Yield
1.84%1.01%0.91%0.69%1.68%1.10%1.26%1.76%1.52%1.20%0.85%1.10%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
17.57%27.41%30.70%30.62%28.00%28.17%27.09%25.90%24.71%24.86%24.95%28.17%
Operating Profit Margin
-0.08%14.54%15.43%18.30%16.94%17.17%16.88%16.28%15.61%15.34%14.50%17.17%
Pretax Profit Margin
0.18%15.61%16.59%17.52%15.56%16.55%17.05%18.62%14.07%12.87%13.27%16.55%
Net Profit Margin
1.00%9.28%11.80%8.75%12.60%12.88%13.12%14.40%10.66%9.84%10.31%12.88%
Effective Tax Rate
-292.55%36.37%28.63%49.83%18.86%22.01%22.91%22.59%24.09%23.36%22.09%18.86%
Return on Assets
1.02%9.51%11.58%8.63%13.71%12.78%12.15%12.22%9.09%8.94%9.39%12.78%
Return On Equity
2.94%49.47%122.02%51.80%96.30%60.40%45.10%48.00%31.83%26.34%28.12%60.40%
Return on Capital Employed
-0.12%20.02%20.98%26.08%23.86%21.64%20.32%16.93%15.48%16.14%15.50%21.64%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.791.821.571.651.431.551.46N/AN/AN/A2.241.43
Quick Ratio
1.661.801.561.631.421.541.451.672.082.102.161.42
Cash ratio
0.380.430.280.380.070.210.080.070.090.200.080.07
Days of Sales Outstanding
56.91113.85121.92136.0793.5494.93116.87117.78110.2798.67116.9693.54
Days of Inventory outstanding
16.452.592.082.211.070.810.720.670.635.336.791.07
Operating Cycle
73.36116.45124.00138.2994.6295.75117.59118.45110.91104.00123.7694.62
Days of Payables Outstanding
37.5126.3333.9629.1232.3245.7743.4744.0227.6024.6431.2245.77
Cash Conversion Cycle
35.8590.1190.04109.1662.3049.9874.1274.4283.3179.3692.5462.30
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.100.210.330.290.460.430.410.470.490.440.410.43
Debt Equity Ratio
0.301.123.501.783.252.031.541.861.721.291.162.03
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.220.510.760.620.760.660.580.650.630.560.530.66
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.230.530.770.640.760.670.600.650.630.560.530.67
Interest Coverage Ratio
-0.2916.6730.1619.839.878.4710.64N/AN/AN/A9.258.47
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.241.100.450.430.220.330.200.320.180.300.280.22
Company Equity Multiplier
2.865.2010.535.997.024.723.713.923.492.942.784.72
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.020.230.150.130.090.140.090.180.100.140.130.09
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-0.020.790.780.560.350.34-0.290.190.180.580.570.35
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.241.100.450.430.220.330.200.320.180.300.280.22
Short Term Coverage Ratio
4.1122.018.767.9711.8918.992.21N/A39.1558.1932.3011.89
Dividend Payout Ratio
147.91%26.22%20.41%28.43%28.12%26.77%26.17%26.04%34.03%34.56%31.58%28.12%