Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
National Presto Industries, Inc. NPK
$150.73 +0.41% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.08B
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 23, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 44 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $544.7M, up 20.9% from a year earlier, slowing from 24.9% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $6.6M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 11%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginBottom 23%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 42%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 33%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 33%
- 6-month returnTop 47%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 30%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 7%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 28%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 24.9% | 20.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -24.6% | 2.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 19.2% | 16.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 9.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -12.3% | 4.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.9% | 24.9% | ↓ | Top 22% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.6% | -24.6% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 19.2% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 10.6% | ↓ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 9.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.9% | -12.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.8% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 16.1% | — | Top 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.78×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -26.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.11×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.66%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.65%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 5, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $162.00
- Target vs current price
- +7.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | — | +1.5% | +9.4% | +12.0% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | — | -0.9% | -7.5% | -6.8% | -0.7% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | — | -0.7% | +0.9% | +6.2% | -1.9% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | — | -4.6% | -6.3% | -16.9% | +7.1% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | — | -0.1% | +4.1% | +9.7% | +7.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | — | -0.2% | +5.1% | +5.6% | +17.1% |
| Mar 14, 2025 | — | +0.8% | +1.2% | -5.8% | +7.5% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | — | -0.1% | -2.7% | +5.3% | +31.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $2.21 | — | — | $146.6M |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.93 | — | — | $118.6M |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $2.10 | — | — | $164.0M |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $0.74 | — | — | $115.5M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.72 | — | — | $120.4M |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.07 | — | — | $103.6M |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $2.91 | — | — | $134.7M |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $1.13 | — | — | $91.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.2× | 19.8× | 76th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 22.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.1× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| EV / Sales | 1.97× | — | — | Top 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.45% | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Earnings yield | 3.97% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.6× – 32.0× since Jul 4, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +32.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +2.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +36.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 44
- Days above the 200-day average
- 44
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +13.5%
- RSI (14)
- 56.3
- Relative volume
- 0.73×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 32.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 81th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -23.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -48.0% | 331 days | 828 days (Oct 6, 2025) |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | -23.3% | 39 days | 32 days (Jan 16, 2026) |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | -17.5% | 56 days | 21 days (Aug 18, 2026) |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 11, 2026 | -10.4% | 6 days | 13 days (Mar 3, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.08B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.99
- Revenue (TTM)
- $544.7M
- Dividend yield
- 0.66%
- 52-week range
- $91.28 – $158.17
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $355.8M | $321.6M | $340.9M | $388.2M | $503.5M |
| Gross profit | $64.4M | $55.1M | $67.5M | $78.6M | $80.3M |
| Operating income | $30.0M | $22.1M | $35.0M | $45.2M | $42.9M |
| Net income | $25.7M | $20.7M | $34.6M | $41.5M | $33.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.63 | $2.92 | $4.86 | $5.82 | $4.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $91.8M | $134.7M | $103.6M | $120.4M | $115.5M | $164.0M | $118.6M | $146.6M |
| Net income | $8.1M | $20.7M | $7.6M | $5.2M | $5.3M | $15.0M | $6.6M | $15.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.13 | $2.92 | $1.07 | $0.72 | $0.74 | $2.11 | $0.93 | $2.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $34.7M | $8.8M | $45.4M | -$53.4M | -$9.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.9M | -$1.0M | -$1.8M | -$7.5M | -$27.0M |
| Free cash flow | $31.8M | $7.7M | $43.5M | -$61.0M | -$36.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$44.1M | -$31.8M | -$28.4M | -$32.0M | -$7.1M |
| Net share buybacks | $571,000 | $436,000 | $429,000 | $513,000 | $120,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $16.3M
- Total assets
- $498.6M
- Total liabilities
- $87.3M
- Total debt
- $9.2M
- Net debt
- -$6.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $411.3M
As of Jul 5, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | $1.00 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | $1.00 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | $4.50 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | $4.00 | Mar 15, 2023 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | $4.50 | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Feb 26, 2021 | $6.25 | Mar 12, 2021 |
| Feb 28, 2020 | $6.00 | Mar 13, 2020 |
| Feb 28, 2019 | $5.00 | Mar 15, 2019 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 243,733
- Days to cover
- 2.44
- Change vs previous report
- -6.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 1983
- 3-for-2
- Jul 1, 1982
- 3-for-2
- Jul 19, 1977
- 2-for-1
- Jul 20, 1976
- 1,499-for-1,000