# National Presto Industries share price today (National Presto Industries, Inc., NPK)

> National Presto Industries, Inc.'s share price, valuation and earnings point in different directions. The next one or two quarters should make it clearer. NPK · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/npk

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Mixed, from the last 12 quarters
- Price: $151.69 (+41.8% in a year)
- P/E: 25.4× (higher than 60% of the last 1 year)
- Revenue (Jul 2026): $147 M (+21.7% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jul 2026): $15.9 M (+207.9% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 11.7% (+4.4 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 8%, FY25
- ROIC: 10.0%, against a 7.0% cost of capital: +3.0 points

The main question: profits are rising, but only −16% of the last 3 years' profit came in as cash from operations. The gap between reported profit and actual cash is the thing to watch. ## What is the National Presto Industries share price today? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s share price was $151.69 at the close on 3 November 2026. That is 10.7% above its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $94 and $154, and at that close it sat 96% of the way up from that low. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, and it has stayed ahead for 12 weeks in a row. Over the last 1 year the share price moved +47% while the S&P 500 moved +21%, so it is ahead of the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does National Presto Industries pay? National Presto Industries, Inc. has 3 quarters of declared dividends on file, too few for a 12-month total. The most recent declaration was $1.00 for Apr 2026. National Presto Industries, Inc. declared a dividend in 3 of the last 12 reported quarters, most recently $1.00 for Apr 2026. That is fewer than four quarters, so no 12-month total is shown. ## Which stock lists is National Presto Industries on? National Presto Industries is not in the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones 30, and is not on the US tech stocks list. ## Is National Presto Industries profitable? National Presto Industries, Inc. earned $15.9 M of net profit in the Jul 2026 quarter, +207.9% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was $33.1 M. Over 4 years profit has grown 6.6% a year on average. That is 10.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $5.2 M. For the full year, FY25 profit was $33.1 M (−20.2% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +21.7% on a year earlier and the margin moved +4.4 percentage points. Most of the change came from keeping more of each sale. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +33.3% and revenue +20.9%. Profit is growing faster than sales: fixed costs are spread over more sales, so each extra dollar of revenue adds more to profit. ## How much revenue does National Presto Industries make, and is it growing? National Presto Industries, Inc. reported $147 M of revenue in the Jul 2026 quarter, +21.7% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 9th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 9.1% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $504 M. The last four reported quarters add to $545 M. FY25 revenue was $504 M, +29.7% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +20.9% on average, against 9.1% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing faster than its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +20.9%, against +26.0% a year over the last 8 quarters (rolling over); profit over the last 12 months grew +3.0%, against +14.2% a year (rolling over). ## How much of every $100 of sales does National Presto Industries keep? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s operating margin was 11.7% in the Jul 2026 quarter, 4.4 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 years it has been between 8.4% and 11.6%. The latest quarter is above every full year in that period. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed +4.4 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +2.5 points. So the gain came mostly from costs below the gross margin, such as staff and overheads, measured against sales. ## Is National Presto Industries' profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years National Presto Industries, Inc.'s operations used more cash than they brought in, so cash conversion was −16%, a gap worth watching. In FY25 its operations used $9.1 M of cash, against $33.1 M of profit. After $27.0 M of spending on assets, free cash was −$36.2 M: it spent more than its operations brought in. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does National Presto Industries' cash go? National Presto Industries, Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $36.4 M on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 2.4% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $36.4 M over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is National Presto Industries' P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s P/E is 25.4×, in the middle of its own history: higher than 60% of past readings. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 24.8×, over 1 year of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved −20.4% while the price moved +41.8%. The price did better than earnings, which pushed the multiple up within its own range. In short: the multiple is about average against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the National Presto Industries business getting better or worse? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s business is giving mixed signals. There is no clear direction across the growth lines, with ROCE steady at 12.0%; each line tells part of the story. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures. Why it matters: when the lines disagree, each line above matters more than any single label. ## How much does National Presto Industries earn on its capital? National Presto Industries, Inc. earned a ROE of 8% in FY25. That is up from a low of 6% in FY22. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 3.0 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 6.6% net margin and 1.01× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a 6.6% net margin × 1.01× asset turnover × 1.27× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 8.5% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing plays a small part, so this return is earned, not borrowed. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 10.0% − 7.0% = +3.0 percentage points. The 7.0% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. Positive but thin: it creates value with little room for error. The 10.0% ROIC above is the latest reading, as reported. The yearly chart below shows FY25 at 8.7%, and the quarterly chart works out each 12-month window from the quarterly figures, so the readings differ by date, not by method. ## Does National Presto Industries have too much debt? National Presto Industries, Inc. has total debt of $9.2 M against shareholder equity of $411 M as of Jul 2026, so its debt is 0.02× its equity, which is very little. Year by year, that ratio went from 0.03 in FY21 to 0.08 in FY25. So the returns on this page come from the business, not from borrowed money. ## What is the National Presto Industries shareholding pattern? 3.7% of National Presto Industries, Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so some traders are betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 1.6 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is National Presto Industries from balance-sheet trouble? For National Presto Industries, Inc., the Z-score is 9.14. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is well clear of danger. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 9.14 is well clear of the danger zone, so the balance sheet is not the risk here. ## How does National Presto Industries rank in its industry? There is no score against its industry: National Presto Industries, Inc. is not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison for Aerospace & Defense. The score ranks a company within its industry: each measure is scored against the other members. Without that group there is no score, so none is shown. ## Which companies is National Presto Industries compared with? No sector comparison is shown here, not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison. ## Which companies are close to National Presto Industries in size? National Presto Industries is the 46th largest of 61 Aerospace & Defense companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: HawkEye 360, Inc., AEVEX Corp. and Cadre Holdings, Inc. Just below it: York Space Systems, Inc., Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. ### Aerospace & Defense companies close in size

1. [HawkEye 360, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/hawk) $1.4 billion
2. [AEVEX Corp.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/avex) $1.4 billion
3. [Cadre Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/cdre) $1.3 billion
4. National Presto Industries, Inc. $1.1 billion
5. [York Space Systems, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/yss) $837 million
6. [Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rgr) $721 million
7. [Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/swbi) $709 million

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## What else do people ask about National Presto Industries? ### What were National Presto Industries's latest quarterly results? National Presto Industries, Inc. reported revenue of $147 M and net profit of $15.9 M for the Jul 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 21.7% and profit rose 207.9% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $2.21. The operating margin was 11.7%, 4.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is National Presto Industries's market cap? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $1.1 B at a stock price of $151.69. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is National Presto Industries performing? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s latest readings are below. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 21.7% and profit rose 207.9% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, for 12 weeks running. This describes what the data did, not a rating (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will National Presto Industries's stock price go up? This page does not forecast National Presto Industries, Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $151.69. Its P/E of 25.4× is higher than 60% of its own last 1 years. Nobody can reliably say which way a price will move, and this site does not try (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is National Presto Industries in its business cycle? National Presto Industries, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 8.5%, against a 5-year range of 8.4% to 11.6%: the low end of its own range, which is often where recoveries start. The latest quarter was 11.7%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the National Presto Industries story? The main question: profits are rising, but only −16% of the last 3 years' profit came in as cash from operations. The gap between reported profit and actual cash is the thing to watch. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is National Presto Industries a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: National Presto Industries, Inc.'s share price, valuation and earnings point in different directions. The next one or two quarters should make it clearer. The main open question: whether the cash starts to follow the profit. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). This is research, not advice. We’re not SEBI-registered.