Why did National Presto Industries (NPK) stock move recently?

On 9/1/2026, National Presto Industries moved -3.1% — No company-specific news, filings, or earnings catalyst identified for the move on September 1; NPK declined with the broader market or sector. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is National Presto Industries (NPK) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows National Presto Industries's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 32.9, a forward P/E of about 169.8, a price-to-book of about 2.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is National Presto Industries's revenue?

National Presto Industries reported revenue of $503.5M for FY2025, with net profit of $33.1M, per official filings.

What is the share price of National Presto Industries (NPK)?

National Presto Industries last traded at $147.72 (+2.1% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

National Presto Industries

NPK · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerNPK

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryAerospace & Defense

CountryUnited States

Employees1,200

HeadquartersEau Claire, United States

Websitewww.gopresto.com

Filings tracked18

About National Presto Industries

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.

Who owns it

Insiders26.1%
Institutions67.2%
Public & other6.8%

256 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.13.70%
State Street Corporation6.53%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP4.43%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.15%
Medina Value Partners, LLC2.43%
Advisory Research, Inc.2.27%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.11%
Renaissance Technologies, LLC1.73%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Over 3 years only -0.16× of reported profit became operating cash — the classic sign that headline earnings may be running ahead of the cash actually generated. Often explained by working capital funding growth; worth a closer look.

Cash conversion-0.16×

Net margin trend10.1% → 6.6%

Margin has compressed by about 3.6 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev 22% · PAT -2%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$503.5M

Net margin

6.6%

ROE

8.4%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+21.5%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-2.2%

EPS (FY2025)

4.63

Net profit (FY2025)

$33.1M

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Why it moved

Sep 1, 2026
No company-specific news, filings, or earnings catalyst identified for the move on September 1; NPK declined with the broader market or sector.
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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$503.5M	$33.1M	4.63	6.6%	8.4%
FY2024	$388.2M	$41.5M	5.82	10.7%	11.3%
FY2023	$340.9M	$34.6M	4.86	10.1%	9.7%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$118.6M	$6.6M	0.93	5.6%
2025Q4	$164.0M	$15.0M	2.10	9.2%
2025Q3	$115.5M	$5.3M	0.74	4.6%
2025Q2	$120.4M	$5.2M	0.72	4.3%
2025Q1	$103.6M	$7.6M	1.07	7.3%
2024Q4	$134.7M	$20.7M	2.92	15.4%
2024Q3	$91.8M	$8.1M	1.13	8.8%
2024Q2	$85.1M	$6.1M	0.85	7.1%
2024Q1	$76.7M	$6.6M	0.92	8.6%
2023Q4	$98.4M	$13.2M	1.85	13.4%
2023Q3	$83.1M	$7.0M	0.99	8.4%
2023Q2	$78.9M	$5.5M	0.77	7.0%
2023Q1	$80.4M	$8.9M	1.25	11.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/3/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC6/16/2026material
8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Shareholder vote results, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/21/2026material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q
SEC5/15/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC3/27/2026material
10-K — FORM 10-K
SEC3/13/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC3/4/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC2/5/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC1/6/2026material

2025

8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC12/29/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC11/25/2025material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q
SEC11/7/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/27/2025material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC10/1/2025material
10-Q — FORM 10-Q
SEC8/8/2025
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC8/4/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2025material

In the news

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