BWX Technologies has retired 22.5% of its shares since 2011, from 118,147,466 to 91,621,980.
At $137.01 a share, a market value of $12.6B. FCF yield 2.5%, P/E 35.3, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 116,260,425 | 10-K | fiscal-year average |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 118,147,466 | 10-K/A | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 114,344,972 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 110,413,084 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-31 | 106,710,346 | 10-K/A | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-31 | 104,790,857 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-23 | 99,451,237 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-23 | 99,487,519 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-21 | 94,865,907 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-20 | 95,083,647 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-18 | 94,993,407 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 91,399,448 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 91,282,718 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-23 | 91,309,389 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-20 | 91,483,708 | 10-K/A | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-19 | 91,445,088 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of BWX Technologies on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $137.01.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 91,621,980 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 0.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, BWX Technologies has 26.5 million fewer shares than at its 2011 peak. That is 22.5% of the company.
91,621,980 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2011 peak it had 118,147,466.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held BWX Technologies stock in 2011 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
BWX Technologies ranks No. 347 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Pentair (22.6%), Jackson Financial (22.5%), CTS (22.3%), General Electric (22.2%).
Every answer is computed from BWX Technologies' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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