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BWX Technologiesvs.Curtiss-Wright

BWXT vs CW · both in Nuclear energy & uranium, part of the Energy, grid & critical infrastructure value chain: CO2-free baseload: uranium supply, fuel, reactor technology and small modular reactors (tags mark the role).

Curtiss-Wright is about 1.6× larger than BWX Technologies by market cap; year to date, Curtiss-Wright leads (+36.9% vs +7.6%).

Side by side

BWXTCW
Market cap$17.2B$28B
Price$186.00$754.76
Today−0.5%−0.7%
Return YTD+7.6%+36.9%
Return 1Y+36.3%+59.1%
P/E49.954.7
P/S5.17.8
P/B13.410.6

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

BWX TechnologiesBWXT

NYSE · USA

Supplies nuclear components and fuel to the US Navy and is a key player in small modular reactors (SMR).

Reactor technologySMRDefence exposure
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Curtiss-WrightCW

NYSE · USA

Components and systems for naval nuclear reactors, commercial nuclear power and defense platforms — more than a century of industrial history.

Nuclear componentsDefenseNavy
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