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Park Aerospace Corp. PKE
$30.42 +2.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $661.7M
Strong growthExpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 8, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.63, up 84.9% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $76.2M, up 20.1% from a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 6.3% in a year.
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 23%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 43%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 34%
- Gross marginTop 41%
- Operating marginTop 12%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 38%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.2% | 20.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 93.4% | 84.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 31.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 19.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.5% | 14.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.1% | 18.2% | ↑ | Top 23% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 84.9% | 93.4% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 28.8% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 15.3% | ↑ | Top 12% |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 11.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.4% | 8.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.2% | — | Top 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 10.7% | — | Top 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.99×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -36.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -4.34×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.52%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.13%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.40%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 20, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $43.00
- Target vs current price
- +41.4%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | +22.7% | +0.7% | +5.5% | +17.8% | — |
| May 28, 2026 | +18.8% | +2.4% | -7.1% | -10.1% | -4.8% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | +7.1% | -2.8% | +4.5% | +2.4% | +32.1% |
| Oct 9, 2025 | -14.3% | +1.0% | +1.6% | -5.6% | +7.8% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | — | -2.4% | +25.0% | +12.8% | +25.5% |
| May 15, 2025 | — | +2.7% | +1.9% | +3.7% | +33.2% |
| Jan 14, 2025 | — | +1.8% | +7.2% | +3.0% | -6.4% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | — | -0.6% | +8.5% | +11.7% | +3.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.14 | +22.7% | $18.3M |
| May 28, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.16 | +18.8% | $24.2M |
| Jan 13, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.14 | +7.1% | $17.3M |
| Oct 9, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.14 | -14.3% | $16.4M |
| Jul 15, 2025 | $0.10 | — | — | $15.4M |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.12 | — | — | $16.9M |
| Jan 14, 2025 | $0.08 | — | — | $14.4M |
| Oct 15, 2024 | $0.10 | — | — | $16.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 48.3× | 40.4× | 71th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 43.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 31.5× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| EV / Sales | 7.63× | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.66% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 2.07% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 24.4× – 58.6× since May 30, 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
- +49.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +84.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +2.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.2%
- RSI (14)
- 44.3
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 79th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.93
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2021 | Oct 10, 2022 | -34.9% | 316 days | 90 days (Feb 17, 2023) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Aug 7, 2024 | -28.3% | 359 days | 234 days (Jul 16, 2025) |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | -22.7% | 58 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | -15.2% | 11 days | 43 days (May 28, 2021) |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Aug 8, 2025 | -13.9% | 13 days | 36 days (Sep 30, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $661.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 48.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.63
- Revenue (TTM)
- $76.2M
- Dividend yield
- 1.64%
- 52-week range
- $18.25 – $39.86
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $53.6M | $54.1M | $56.0M | $62.0M | $73.3M |
| Gross profit | $17.9M | $16.5M | $16.5M | $17.6M | $22.7M |
| Operating income | $11.4M | $10.0M | $8.4M | $9.4M | $13.5M |
| Net income | $8.5M | $10.7M | $7.5M | $5.9M | $11.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.41 | $0.52 | $0.37 | $0.29 | $0.56 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.7M | $14.4M | $16.9M | $15.4M | $16.4M | $17.3M | $24.2M | $18.3M |
| Net income | $2.1M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $2.1M | $2.4M | $3.0M | $3.8M | $3.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.10 | $0.08 | $0.06 | $0.10 | $0.12 | $0.15 | $0.19 | $0.17 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $8.2M | $6.5M | $4.4M | $4.7M | $11.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.4M | -$1.0M | -$645,000 | -$889,000 | -$2.0M |
| Free cash flow | $3.8M | $5.4M | $3.8M | $3.8M | $9.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$8.2M | -$8.2M | -$10.1M | -$10.1M | -$10.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $739,000 | $139,000 | -$2.9M | -$3.6M | $20.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $89.4M
- Total assets
- $144.4M
- Total liabilities
- $13.4M
- Total debt
- $307,000
- Net debt
- -$80.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $131.0M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 20, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.13 | Nov 4, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.13 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | $0.13 | May 4, 2026 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | $0.13 | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.13 | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.13 | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | $0.13 | May 2, 2025 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | $0.13 | Feb 4, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,237,973
- Days to cover
- 4.76
- Change vs previous report
- -0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 9, 2000
- 3-for-2
- Aug 16, 1995
- 2-for-1
- Sep 11, 1984
- 3-for-2
- Oct 25, 1983
- 3-for-2
- Jun 1, 1983
- 3-for-2