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BWXT Earnings Buoyed By Weapons Complex Wins, Nuclear Power

Wayne Barber

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025

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BWXT Earnings Buoyed By Weapons Complex Wins, Nuclear Power

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Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the fourth quarter, and 2024 as a whole, which the company chalked up partly to Department of Energy contracts and rising interest in commercial nuclear power. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $71.1 million, or $ 0.77 a share up from $ 66.3 million or $0.72 per share in the year-ago quarter. Quarterly revenue was $ $746.3 million up year-over-year from $725.5 million, BWXT said in a Monday press…

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