National Presto Industries, Inc. (NPK)
Industrials · NYQ
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
National Presto Industries, Inc. trades at USD125.72, which is 56% above the USD55.40 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 35 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 27.2 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
NPK dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | USD1.00 | 1 |
| 2025 | USD1.00 | 1 |
| 2024 | USD4.50 | 1 |
| 2023 | USD4.00 | 1 |
| 2022 | USD4.50 | 1 |
| 2021 | USD6.25 | 1 |
| 2020 | USD6.00 | 1 |
| 2019 | USD6.00 | 1 |
| 2018 | USD6.00 | 1 |
| 2017 | USD5.50 | 1 |
| 2016 | USD5.05 | 1 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
NPK earnings and analyst estimates
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About National Presto Industries, Inc.
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.
NPK passes 3 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is National Presto Industries, Inc. (NPK) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of USD55.40, NPK at USD125.72 is 56% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is NPK's P/E ratio?
NPK trades at 27.2 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does National Presto Industries, Inc. (NPK) pay a dividend?
Yes. National Presto Industries, Inc. yields 0.82% at the current share price. It has paid USD1.00 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 12 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.