NPK
National Presto Industries Inc Industrials Ordnance & Accessories, (No Vehicles/Guided Missiles) Russell 3000
$147.82Close
$1.1BMarket cap
$90.92 – $156.8052-week range
Nov 2, 2026Next report
Highlights
Strengths
- Tight base near its pivot pullbacks 10% → 9% → 7% → 5%; 3.7% below its $153.45 pivot
- Earnings growing EPS +207% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+220 pts)
Cautions
- Trend not confirmed 7 of 8 conditions · under the 50-day
- Results soon Nov 2, 2026, in 1 day
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
6%
1wk
down 0.7%
price change
1mo
down 0.2%
price change
12-month return
up 41%
market up 11% ·
its own up 28%
F-score
3 / 9
Weak
Altman Z
9.05
Low risk
P/E
31.8×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
2.7×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.8%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
43%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 30%
year on year
EPS growth
up 207%
latest quarter · +220 pts
Sales growth
up 22%
latest quarter · +7 pts
ROE
up 9%
return on equity
Free cash margin
down 7%
-$36.2M FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.1×
net cash
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- operating cash flow is negative
- profitability slipped from last year
- profits not fully backed by cash
- short-term liquidity weakened
- issued more shares
- gross margin narrowed
- profitable on its assets
- reduced long-term debt
- assets working harder
Trade setup
ATR%
2.8%
$4.20 a day · 2×ATR $139.42
RS
72 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
7 / 8
under the 50-day
Relative volume
0.7×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.95
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 2, 2026
Contractions
4
10% → 9% → 7% → 5%
Pivot
$153.45
3.7% below
Volume dry-up
1.2×
10 vs 50 sessions
Trend template · 7 of 8
- Price above the 50-day average: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Profit not backed by cash Reported profit of $33.1M came with -$9.1M of operating cash flow. Profit that cash does not follow is the classic signature of aggressive accounting.
- Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 20.2% to 16.0%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Aug 3, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 3, 2026+9% vs market2 sessions after results
Financials
- Gross 16%
- Net 7%
- Free cash -7%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $352.6M | $355.8M | $321.6M | $340.9M | $388.2M | $503.5M |
| Gross margin | 24% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Operating income | $56.2M | $30.0M | $22.1M | $35.0M | $45.2M | $40.2M |
| Net income | $47.0M | $25.7M | $20.7M | $34.6M | $41.5M | $33.1M |
| Net margin | 13% | 7% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 7% |
| Earnings per share | $6.67 | $3,633.71 | $2,923.17 | $4.86 | $5.82 | $4.63 |
| Free cash flow | $38.4M | $31.8M | $7.7M | $43.5M | -$61.0M | -$36.2M |
| Free cash margin | 11% | 9% | 2% | 13% | -16% | -7% |
| Cash | $86.0M | $109.8M | $70.7M | $87.7M | $17.7M | $3.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | $374.3M | $357.6M | $348.1M | $356.3M | $367.6M | $395.1M |
| Shares outstanding | 7.03m | 7.04m | 7.06m | 7.08m | 7.11m | 7.12m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 5, 2026 | 40d |
| May 15, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 5, 2026 | 40d |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 72d |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 28, 2025 | 40d |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 29, 2025 | 40d |
| May 9, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 30, 2025 | 40d |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 73d |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 29, 2024 | 40d |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 40d |
| May 10, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 40d |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 75d |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 1, 2023 | 43d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 21, 2026 | Charter or bylaws · Shareholder vote · Other events ↗ |
| May 5, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Results · Director or officer change ↗ |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Other events ↗ |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Results ↗ |