BWX Technologies: An Unreplicable Naval Moat Meets Special Materials Growth: Initiating at Overweight with YE27 PT of $230

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BWX Technologies: An Unreplicable Naval Moat Meets Special Materials Growth: Initiating at Overweight with YE27 PT of $230

Tomohiko Sano AC North America Equity Research

(1-212) 622-1099 27 July 2026 J P M O R G A N

tomohiko.sano@jpmorgan.com

Risks to Rating and Price Target

The Primes: Shipbuilding Supply Chain Concentration: BWXT is subject to the

demand landscape for U.S. submarine build cycles and throughput at primes Huntington

Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics (both covered by Seth Seifman), which have

experienced some difficulty in maintaining timelines.

Maintaining Labor: Personnel as a Constraint: While we believe management is

well positioned to attract and train talented employees, labor has historically served as a

bottleneck. In FY22-23, BWXT experienced higher-than-average labor turnover, with

new employees hired at wages above expectations. Labor inflation, combined with the

modest dip in utilization as new hires are trained, could weigh negatively on operating

margins.

Welcome to the Team: Acquisition Integration: BWXT will be onboarding the

Precision Components Group through the remainder of FY26 and the 1H27. With M&A

representing an increasing part of the company's capital allocation strategy, integration

misteps are a pertinent risk.

Elevated Multiple: Potential for De-Rating: BWXT currently trades at a ~30%

premium to its five-year average EV/EBITDA multiple and a ~27% premium to its five-

year average P/E multiple. Mean reversion toward historical averages presents a

meaningful downside risk, even if operational execution remains strong.

Government and Utilities: Subject to Customer Concentration: In FY25, the U.S.

Government represented ~68% of consolidated sales, while BWXT's top four utility

customers accounted for ~17%.