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National Presto Industries, Inc. (NPK)

Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Eau Claire, United States | NYSE
123.63 USD +0.61 (0.496%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 9:33 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 2:46 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is neutral despite a recent 27% rally, as the stock has already retraced significantly toward its moving averages and the short-term statistical model leans slightly negative. While the company boasts a fortress balance sheet with a massive current ratio and manageable debt, the recent quarterly earnings miss and negative earnings growth suggest the profit squeeze mentioned in headlines is real, capping near-term upside. For the long term, the business shows resilience with positive revenue growth and a multi-year price trajectory that is finally turning upward after years of volatility, though the elevated forward P/E indicates the market is pricing in aggressive future expansion that hasn't materialized yet. The dividend is a modest 0.8% yield; while the payout ratio is healthy, the history of erratic dividend amounts suggests this is not a core income vehicle, making it suitable only for investors seeking exposure to the defense sector rather than steady cash flow.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.066785
AutoETS0.067029
AutoARIMA0.074548
AutoTheta0.076750

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 8.63
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.136
Excess Kurtosis -0.65
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-08
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 2.355
Revenue per Share 72.497
Market Cap 885,937,856
Trailing P/E 27.53
Forward P/E 142.10
Beta 0.43
Profit Margins 6.19%
Website https://www.gopresto.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.71% 0.71% 2.53% 3.81%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-09 1.000 0.706814
2025-03-04 1.000 1.053297
2024-02-29 4.500 5.819216
2023-02-28 4.000 5.828355
2022-02-28 4.500 5.660377
2021-02-26 6.250 6.107691
2020-02-28 6.000 7.635530
2019-02-28 6.000 5.350455
2018-02-28 6.000 6.607929
2017-02-27 5.500 5.418719
2016-02-26 5.050 6.234568
2015-02-26 4.050 6.524891
2014-02-27 5.050 6.524548
2012-12-13 6.500 9.071877
2012-02-29 6.000 6.929207
2011-03-02 8.250 7.132976
2010-03-02 8.150 6.696245
2009-02-27 5.550 9.172038
2008-03-06 4.250 8.559919
2007-03-01 3.800 6.393001
2006-02-17 2.120 4.851258
2005-02-18 1.670 3.910091
2004-02-20 1.170 3.022475
2003-02-21 0.920 3.303411
2002-02-22 0.920 3.383597
2001-02-23 2.000 6.611570
2000-02-25 2.100 6.601179
1999-02-25 2.000 5.517241
1998-02-26 2.000 5.063291
1997-02-27 2.000 5.442177
1996-02-27 2.000 4.907975
1995-02-22 0.488 1.208669
1994-02-23 0.450 0.997230
1992-12-08 0.450 0.873786
1992-09-04 0.050 0.091324
1992-02-25 0.425 0.578231
1991-12-09 2.700 4.635193
1990-12-10 2.550 6.296296
1990-02-26 1.600 4.309764
1989-12-05 0.850 2.244224
1989-02-22 1.400 4.014337
1988-12-05 0.317 0.942751
1988-09-02 0.317 1.010359
1988-02-29 0.300 1.016949
1987-11-30 0.300 1.126761
1987-06-01 0.300 0.885609
1987-03-02 0.285 0.814286
1986-12-01 0.285 0.783505
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.0
dividendYield 0.81
exDividendDate 2026-03-09
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.008128759
lastDividendValue 1.0
lastDividendDate 2026-03-09
dividendDate 2026-03-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.17254531
Address1 3,925 North Hastings Way
All Time High 149.86
All Time Low 7.333333
Ask 196.8
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 9
Average Daily Volume10 Day 87,330
Average Daily Volume3 Month 113,944
Average Volume 113,944
Average Volume10Days 87,330
Beta 0.428
Bid 54.06
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 9
Book Value 55.4
City Eau Claire
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 123.63
Current Ratio 5.877
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 123.63
Day Low 123.63
Debt To Equity 2.355
Display Name National Presto Industries
Dividend Date 1,773,964,800
Dividend Rate 1.0
Dividend Yield 0.81
Earnings Growth -0.132
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.129
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,923,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,923,200
Ebitda 45,407,000
Ebitda Margins 0.08757
Enterprise To Ebitda 19.463
Enterprise To Revenue 1.704
Enterprise Value 883,741,312
Eps Forward 0.87
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.49
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,014,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 131.3042
Fifty Day Average Change -7.674202
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.058445975
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 17.254532
Fifty Two Week High 149.86
Fifty Two Week High Change -26.230003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.17503005
Fifty Two Week Low 91.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change 32.35
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.35440403
Fifty Two Week Range 91.28 - 149.86
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.21
Float Shares 4,963,631
Forward Eps 0.87
Forward P E 142.10344
Free Cashflow -12,435,875
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.15369001
Gross Profits 79,692,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.25948998
Held Percent Institutions 0.63677
Implied Shares Outstanding 7,166,043
Industry Aerospace & Defense
Industry Disp Aerospace & Defense
Industry Key aerospace-defense
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,014,400
Last Dividend Value 1.0
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 425,865,600
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary National Presto Industries, Inc. provides houseware and small appliance, defense, and safety products in North America. The company's Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; kitchen electrics, and comfort appliances; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multipurpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; microwave bacon cookers; coffee makers and coffee maker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. Its Defense segment manufactures and sells 40mm ammunition, precision mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, medium-caliber cartridge cases, and metal parts; and performs Load, Assemble and Pack (LAP) operations on ordnance-related products primarily for the United States Government and prime contractors; and manufactures detonators, booster pellets, release cartridges, lead azide, other military energetic devices and materials, and assemblies. This segment primarily serves the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors; and niche market ordnance products, such as training ammunition, fuzes, firing devices, and initiators. The Safety segment provides safety technology products, including smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, combo smoke/carbon monoxide alarms with an array of voice messages in English and Spanish, digital displays, and a PFAS-free foam commercial fire extinguisher. National Presto Industries, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Long Name National Presto Industries, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 885,937,856
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_291023
Most Recent Quarter 1,775,347,200
Net Income To Common 32,100,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 881,423,289
Open 124.84
Operating Cashflow 9,750,000
Operating Margins 0.05331
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.2227
Phone 715 839 2121
Previous Close 123.02
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.2315884
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.7085434
Profit Margins 0.06191
Quick Ratio 0.876
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.6100006
Regular Market Change Percent 0.49585485
Regular Market Day High 123.63
Regular Market Day Low 123.63
Regular Market Day Range 123.63 - 123.63
Regular Market Open 124.84
Regular Market Previous Close 123.02
Regular Market Price 123.63
Regular Market Time 1,784,036,004
Regular Market Volume 2,840
Return On Assets 0.05434
Return On Equity 0.08406
Revenue Growth 0.145
Revenue Per Share 72.497
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 7,166,043
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.041500002
Shares Short 297,632
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 246,530
Short Name National Presto Industries, Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.1126
Short Ratio 1.99
Source Interval 15
State WI
Symbol NPK
Total Cash 6,989,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.975
Total Debt 9,307,000
Total Revenue 518,534,016
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.008128759
Trailing Eps 4.49
Trailing P E 27.534521
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 122.394
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.2360001
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.010098535
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,840
Website https://www.gopresto.com
Zip 54,703-3703