Stocks · Basic Materials · Construction Materials
NPK International Inc. NPKI
$11.79 -0.34% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.00B
Strong growthHigh qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 25.8× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $300.7M, up 28.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from 23.2% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials 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 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 22%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 29%
- Gross marginTop 30%
- Operating marginTop 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
- Interest coverTop 4%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 50%
- 6-month returnBottom 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 47%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 50%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 37%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 28%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 23.2% | 28.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 36.0% | 35.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | 17.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -6.8% | 9.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 28.1% | 23.2% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 36.0% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 16.1% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | -62.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.4% | -6.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9% | — | Top 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.8% | — | Top 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.23×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -29.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.13×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 67.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.72%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.72%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +15.4% | -6.9% | +5.2% | +1.7% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +9.1% | +4.5% | +0.4% | -3.7% | -9.6% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +18.2% | -1.2% | -5.4% | +2.8% | +7.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.6% | -5.1% | -11.1% | +1.5% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +22.2% | +2.4% | +9.3% | +19.9% | +51.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | +50.0% | +4.5% | +37.0% | +39.6% | +58.0% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.0% | -14.2% | -7.4% | +24.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.13 | +15.4% | $81.6M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.11 | +9.1% | $75.1M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.11 | +18.2% | $75.2M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.07 | +0.0% | $68.8M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.09 | +22.2% | $68.2M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.08 | +50.0% | $64.8M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.08 | +0.0% | -$174.8M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.00 | $0.06 | -93.4% | $44.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.8× | 33.2× | 0th | Top 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3× | — | — | Top 41% |
| EV / Sales | 3.37× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.83% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | 3.87% | — | — | Top 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 27.3× – 49.0× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.8%
- RSI (14)
- 34.6
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 35th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.97
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -41.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -41.0% | 85 days | 22 days (May 9, 2025) |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | -30.3% | 104 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -17.9% | 16 days | 35 days (Jan 13, 2026) |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | -11.5% | 10 days | 9 days (Mar 25, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.00B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.46
- Revenue (TTM)
- $300.7M
- 52-week range
- $10.73 – $16.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $614.8M | $193.0M | $207.6M | $217.5M | $277.0M |
| Gross profit | $85.2M | $60.0M | $72.6M | $77.1M | $98.7M |
| Operating income | -$8.8M | $6.5M | $22.9M | $32.4M | $46.7M |
| Net income | -$25.5M | -$20.8M | $14.5M | -$150.3M | $35.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.28 | -$0.22 | $0.17 | -$1.75 | $0.42 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $44.2M | $57.5M | $64.8M | $68.2M | $68.8M | $75.2M | $75.1M | $81.6M |
| Net income | -$174.3M | $8.7M | $10.0M | $8.7M | $5.7M | $10.7M | $10.5M | $12.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.02 | $0.10 | $0.12 | $0.10 | $0.07 | $0.13 | $0.12 | $0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$3.0M | -$25.0M | $100.0M | $38.2M | $73.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.8M | -$28.3M | -$29.2M | -$43.5M | -$46.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$24.8M | -$53.3M | $70.8M | -$5.4M | $26.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.4M | -$20.2M | -$34.3M | -$4.5M | -$21.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.4M
- Total assets
- $449.7M
- Total liabilities
- $78.4M
- Total debt
- $19.2M
- Net debt
- $10.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $371.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,776,208
- Days to cover
- 3.94
- Change vs previous report
- -13.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 28, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Jun 23, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Nov 28, 1995
- 21-for-20
- Sep 6, 1990
- 1-for-10