BWXT vs CW vs CCJ Stock Comparison

BWX Technologies, Curtiss Wright and Cameco Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc.
$138.01 +0.1% 1M -35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$11.94B
P/E
33.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
0.01%
Nuclear Equipment Industrials
2 wins
CW Curtiss Wright Corp
$497.14 -6.9% 1M -17.4% 1Y
Market cap
$17.49B
P/E
32.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.65B
Div. yield
–
Defense Industrials
5 wins
CCJ Cameco Corp
$83.52 -3.9% 1M -21.7% 1Y
Market cap
$33.53B
P/E
44.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.73B
Div. yield
–
Uranium Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Curtiss Wright leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Curtiss Wright 5, Cameco 4, BWX Technologies 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBWXTCWCCJLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.94B $17.49B $33.53B CCJ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.6x 32.3x 44.5x CW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.7x 34.6x 76.6x BWXT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.7% +10.5% +16.0% BWXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 14.8% 27.6% CCJ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.6% 14.7% — CW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 0.6x -0.1x CCJ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.4% -17.4% -21.7% CW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.5%/yr +31.3%/yr +28.0%/yr CW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.0% 36.0% 50.3% CW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 67/100 81/100 CCJ

Percentile Scorecard

BWXTCWCCJ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBWXTCWCCJ
Valuation 64 #23 of 62 51 #50 of 100 55 #11 of 23
Growth 64 #22 of 59 59 #40 of 96 100 #1 of 21
Profitability 91 #6 of 55 94 #7 of 95 100 #1 of 18
Financial Health 42 #42 of 72 65 #37 of 105 71 #7 of 22
Shareholder Returns – 69 #21 of 65 –
Overall 65 67 81
  • BWXT ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • CW ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • CCJ ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBWXTCWCCJSPY
1 month +0.1%-6.9%-3.9% +0.7%
3 months -16.6%-30.6%-5.3% +3.7%
6 months -36.2%-31.0%-32.1% +7.1%
Year to date -20.2%-9.8%-8.7% +12.8%
1 year -35.4%-17.4%-21.7% +11.9%
3 years +88.7%+153.4%+120.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +23.6%+36.4%+30.2% +22.8%
5 years +143.2%+289.4%+243.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +19.5%+31.3%+28.0% +10.9%
10 years +254.9%+455.6%+953.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +13.5%+18.7%+26.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBWXTCWCCJSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.0%36.0%50.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.5%38.0%50.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.941.392.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.79-0.48-0.43 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.7%-41.3%-41.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.1%-37.3%-37.7% -1.2%
52-week high $238.42$792.61$134.09 $779.14
52-week low $127.14$464.99$78.61 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBWXTCWCCJ
P/E now vs peer median 35.6xmedian 26.6x 33.9xmedian 26.9x 48.3xmedian 27.1x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.6x 5.0xmedian 3.0x 13.3xmedian 7.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.8xmedian 18.9x 23.4xmedian 15.0x 45.2xmedian 29.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 39.9xmedian 30.1x 29.4xmedian 27.2x 47.3xmedian 10.3x
P/B now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 1.9x 6.6xmedian 2.5x 7.2xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.16median 0.97 1.65median 0.93 —median 50.94

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBWXTCWCCJ
Revenue $3.51B $3.65B $2.73B
Gross profit $775.94M $1.38B –
Operating income $426.23M $686.21M $649.76M
Net income $355.38M $541.18M $753.00M
Free cash flow $316.76M $625.29M –
R&D $15.56M $98.16M –
EPS (diluted) $3.86 $14.58 $1.73
Cash & equivalents $608.20M $477.15M $814.08M
Total debt $2.02B $957.39M $4.09B
Shares (diluted) 92.01M 37.12M 435.58M
Enterprise value $10.24B $16.07B $30.12B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBWXTCWCCJ
P/E 35.6x 33.9x 48.3x
P/FCF 39.9x 29.4x 47.3x
P/Operating cash flow 24.4x 25.5x –
P/S 3.6x 5.0x 13.3x
P/B 9.5x 6.6x 7.2x
P/Tangible book 12.4x 8.1x 7.3x
EV/EBITDA 25.8x 23.4x 45.2x
EV/EBIT 33.0x 27.5x 55.9x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 5.2x 13.3x
EV/FCF 44.4x 30.1x –
EV/Operating cash flow 27.1x 26.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.16 1.65 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBWXTCWCCJ
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.7% 10.5% 16.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 10.3% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 11.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 11.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.9% 17.3% 40.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 14.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 20.7% 19.9% 156.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 19.1% –
EPS growth (1Y) 20.3% 22.4% 218.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.5% 20.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.0% 25.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 21.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -12.1% 24.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 67.6% 19.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBWXTCWCCJ
Gross margin 22.1% 37.7% –
EBITDA margin 15.5% 22.0% 29.4%
Operating margin 12.1% 18.8% 23.8%
Pretax margin 12.2% 18.9% 16.4%
Net margin 10.1% 14.8% 27.6%
FCF margin 9.0% 17.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 14.8% 19.7% –
Return on equity 27.2% 20.0% –
Return on assets 8.1% 10.1% –
Return on invested capital 10.6% 14.7% –
Return on capital employed 11.6% 17.3% –
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.7x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.3x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBWXTCWCCJ
Debt / assets 45.7% 17.5% 11.0%
Debt / equity 1.5x 0.3x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 0.6x -0.1x
Debt / FCF 6.4x 1.5x –
Liabilities / assets 69.8% 49.2% 33.0%
Equity / assets 30.2% 50.8% 67.0%
Interest coverage 12.4x 16.2x 21.4x
Current ratio 2.4x 1.6x 2.5x
Quick ratio 2.0x 1.4x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.3x 1.1x
Altman Z-score 4.68 6.54 10.12

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBWXTCWCCJ
Dividend yield 0.8% 0.2% 0.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.4% –
Shareholder yield 0.8% 2.6% 0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.0% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 30.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 5.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.0% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBWXTCWCCJ
Forward P/E 30.7xFY2026 34.6xFY2026 76.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.50FY2026 $14.35FY2026 $1.09FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.2%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026 +3.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% +11.6% +75.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.64BFY2026 $4.03BFY2026 $2.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.7%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026 -9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.2% -3.9% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBWXTCWCCJ
Held by institutions 92.2% 85.6% –
Institutions holding 847 947 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% +2.8% –
Institutions buying 437 480 –
Institutions selling 280 313 –
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.53 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BWXTCWCCJ
BWXT 1.00 0.75 0.63
CW 0.75 1.00 0.51
CCJ 0.63 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BWXT, CW and CCJ?

Cameco (CCJ) is the largest by market capitalisation: BWX Technologies (BWXT) $11.94B, Curtiss Wright (CW) $17.49B, Cameco (CCJ) $33.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, BWXT, CW and CCJ?

Curtiss Wright (CW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 33.6x, Curtiss Wright (CW) 32.3x, Cameco (CCJ) 44.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, BWX Technologies (BWXT) is cheapest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 30.7x, Curtiss Wright (CW) 34.6x, Cameco (CCJ) 76.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

BWX Technologies (BWXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: BWX Technologies (BWXT) +22.7%, Curtiss Wright (CW) +10.5%, Cameco (CCJ) +16.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cameco (CCJ) has the highest net margin (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.1%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.8%, Cameco (CCJ) 27.6%). On return on invested capital, Curtiss Wright (CW) leads (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.6%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Curtiss Wright (CW) returned the most: BWX Technologies (BWXT) -35.4%, Curtiss Wright (CW) -17.4%, Cameco (CCJ) -21.7%. Over five years, Curtiss Wright (CW) compounded fastest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) +19.5%/yr, Curtiss Wright (CW) +31.3%/yr, Cameco (CCJ) +28.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: BWX Technologies (BWXT) 0.01%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 0.00%, Cameco (CCJ) 0.00%. Curtiss Wright (CW) and Cameco (CCJ) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Curtiss Wright (CW) has been the steadiest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 45.0%, Curtiss Wright (CW) 36.0%, Cameco (CCJ) 50.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BWXT, CW and CCJ?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Curtiss Wright (CW) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.